Program overview

The Community Hubs and Partnerships (CHaPs) program, established in 2014, provides strategic leadership in the best practice collaborative planning and delivery of social infrastructure to improve the accessibility of services, connect communities and maximise cross-sector investment in Queensland.

Although social infrastructure includes a range of classes including social housing, justice and public safety, arts, culture and recreation, education and training and health, the program is primarily focussed on shared infrastructure, such as community hubs involving cross-sector collaboration and investment to support social service delivery outcomes.

Key elements of the program include:

• advocating for a range of partnership and investment options to support delivery of shared community infrastructure
• building the capability of stakeholders to collaboratively plan and deliver shared community infrastructure
• researching, promoting and embedding knowledge-based collaborative practices.

The program also incorporates learnings capture and advisory roles incoordinated cross-government and cross-sector exemplar projects and other social infrastructure initiatives.

CHaPs collaborates with all levels of government, non-government organisations and the private sector to advocate for accessible, productive, fit-for-purpose social infrastructure that is adapted to modern and complex service needs.

The result is well-considered, cost-effective infrastructure that connects communities, provides social and economic value, and supports coordinated delivery of services for the benefit of all Queenslanders.

Program vision

Connected people, services and liveable communities across Queensland.