NIFTeY's objectives are:

• to promote development, implementation and evaluation of strategies in the early years of life that advance the health, development and wellbeing of all children in Australia
• to advance community knowledge and the education and support of parents in relation to the importance of the first three years of a child's life, so as to promote the social, cognitive, emotional and physical well being of all children
• to encourage the provision of resources and services to communities and families where children are known to be disadvantaged, and
• to promote and disseminate research relevant to the early years of life including monitoring the status of young children.