The head of the Territory Stolen Generations Aboriginal Corporation has called on the Northern Territory Government to be more proactive in protecting at-risk children and providing support for their families.

Eileen Cummings said the Government should put a program in place that helps families who have children removed, so they can eventually return home if the child is no longer at risk.

"You can't forever take children and not have anything to help parents come to terms with it and make changes in their lives so they can care for their children," she said.

"Children can't grow up not knowing who their parents are, so I want the Government to try and put in place a program to get the parents back on track so they can't take the responsibility for their children."

Ms Cummings' comments came after revelations that more than 20 notifications were made to child services about a Tennant Creek household where a two-year-old girl was allegedly raped.

She described the incident as a failure of the child protection system and said that authorities were too reluctant to remove children.

"I think they are reluctant [to remove children] but maybe there should be an advisory council that can help them make the right decisions, because at the moment they're not making the right decisions," Ms Cummings said.

"They're leaving children far too long and the children are at risk.

"But if they had a process where elders were involved in the process then maybe they'll get somewhere better."

Tennant Creek where residents gathered at a rally when news of the alleged rape surfaced.

Ms Cummings said she wants the Government to speak to the families that the child is removed from to determine where they should be placed.

It is important that wherever the children are placed, they do not lose their culture, Ms Cummings explained.

"When children are removed, they can lose their identity, because they are Aboriginal most of them," she said.

Sexual offence cases involving children under 16 years in NT: 2013: 118

2013: 118 2014: 125

2014: 125 2015: 149

2015: 149 2016: 163

2016: 163 2017: 149

2017: 149 2018 (to Jan 31): 10

"We know the problems in some of these communities so it's really important we deal with them so the children can grow up in their culture."

Ms Cummings herself is a part of the stolen generations and was removed from her parents as a child.

"As a child I was removed from my mother because it was the colour of my skin," she said.

"Children are now being removed because of the violence and the abuse that they are being affected by, and I think it's time to look at the other problems."

Alcohol control key to solution: AMSANT

Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance NT chief executive John Paterson said he supported the stance taken by Ms Cummings, and said urgent action needed to be taken to reduce alcohol-related abuse in communities.

"We're also calling on the Police Commissioner to re-instate police at these point-of-sale outlets particularly in Alice Springs, Tennant Creek and Katherine," he said.

"Alcohol is the biggest issue that affects aboriginal communities [and] non-aboriginal communities across the board.

"If we can stem the consumption of that by putting in processes and measures … we believe we've got a good chance to build the capacity of those families and get the leadership that's required in the community."

The Northern Territory Government has been approached for comment.