Share Care was established in 1983 in Abbotsford as a small, community based foster care program servicing the City of Yarra. Share Care arranged respite, emergency and longer-term care and accommodation for children in the homes of approved caregivers. Share Care aimed to strengthen and support families, assist with the prevention of family breakdown, and…
Glenelg Foster Care was established in 1983 by Lutheran Children’s Homes. The Lutheran Church had decided to move its child care services from cottage homes in eastern Melbourne, to foster care services in the Glenelg region in south western Victoria. Glenelg Foster Care’s headquarters were in Warrnambool. In 1991, Glenelg Foster Care amalgamated with other…
The Broadmeadows Family Centre was a service established by the Mission to the Streets and Lanes in October 1974. It provided family counselling, emergency foster care and a ‘home making’ service. The Centre was set up in response to requests to the Mission for a social worker in that area, and the need to regionalize…
In 1991 the Copelen Street Family Centre was renamed Copelen Child and Family Services. In 1998, it merged with Grassmere Youth Services to form a new organisation known as Copelen.
The Victorian Children’s Aid Society was established in 1920. It was formerly the Victorian Neglected Children’s Aid Society. It ran the Victorian Children’s Aid Home, located in Parkville until around 1966. In 1966 the Society moved the Home (which was renamed Swinburne House) and headquarters to Black Rock. From the 1970s, the Society expanded into…
Family Focus was established in 1991, when the Victorian Children’s Aid Society amalgamated with Foster Care Westernport. In 1993, Family Focus amalgamated with Family Action and the National Children’s Bureau of Australia to form a new organisation, OzChild.
During the 1990s, the Mission to the Streets and Lanes operated from Napier Street, Fitzroy. Services provided included family counselling and support, foster care and accommodation for young women.
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Kinship and Foster Care Service is part of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Services (ATSIS), Australian Capital Territory Government. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Kinship and Foster Care Service aims to provide culturally appropriate placement options for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people who…
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