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Supporting organisations to become child safe must be a priority
14 Sep 2016
SUPPORTING ORGANISATIONS TO BECOME CHILD SAFE MUST BE A PRIORITY
14 September 2016
The Centre welcomes the Government’s commitment to ensuring organisations across Victoria are better able to protect children through new child safe standards.
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National Child Protection Week: Protecting children is everybody’s business
04 Sep 2016
This week is National Child Protection Week, an important opportunity to reflect on the things we can do to protect and uphold the safety and wellbeing of children in our community.
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Working together to create a better life for Victoria’s most vulnerable children and families
18 Aug 2016
As a sector, we’ve seen a lot of change over the years as successive Governments have sought to invest in and improve the frameworks, processes and practices that underpin our child protection systems.
And we are on the cusp of another major and exciting period of change, thanks to the recent Royal Commission into Family Violence and the Government’s subsequent Roadmap for Reform which seeks to shift the focus of child protection away from one of crisis response, to one of prevention and early intervention.
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Welcome Boost to Frontline Child Protection Services
16 Aug 2016
The Centre welcomes the Government’s announcement today of a $5.65 million funding boost to Child FIRST and Integrated Family Services.
The funds will be provided to services around the state to meet growing demand, with a focus on developing partnerships with family violence services and responding to Aboriginal children and families experiencing violence at home.
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Young people to be kept safer thanks to residential care funding boost
02 Aug 2016
3 August 2016
The Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare welcomes the Andrews’ Government more than $35 million boost to residential care.
“This investment will enhance the safety and support provided to young people living in residential care homes because they are unable to live with their parents.
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Young People Deserve Care Beyond 18 Years
20 Jul 2016
21 July 2016
Extending the age that young people leave state care should be an important plank in government and police efforts to keep young people out of the criminal justice system and support them to get a better start in life, Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare CEO Deb Tsorbaris said today.
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Welcome funding boost to better support Aboriginal kids in care
14 Jun 2016
The Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare welcomes the Andrews Government’s commitment to address the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in care.
CEO Deb Tsorbaris said that connection to family, community and culture was crucial to the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal children and young people.
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CONNECTION TO CULTURE VITAL FOR INDIGENOUS CARE LEAVERS
18 May 2016
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CONNECTION TO CULTURE VITAL FOR INDIGENOUS CARE LEAVERS
19 May 2016
Cultural support and connectedness is a crucial factor in the successful transition of young Indigenous people leaving care, a new research report has found.
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Funded Organisation Performance Monitoring Framework
03 May 2016
DHHS has published a number of information sheets regarding the updated Funded Organisation Performance Monitoring Framework (FOPMF).
The FOPMF refreshes the Monitoring Framework for health, housing and community services sectors (2005) by enhancing the tools and processes that departmental staff use to monitor organisations funded through a Service Agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services (the Department).
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VICTORIAN BUDGET DELIVERS FOR CHILDREN, FAMILIES
26 Apr 2016
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VICTORIAN BUDGET DELIVERS FOR CHILDREN, FAMILIES
27 April 2016
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