Hunter ACS was a New South Wales Aboriginal Children’s Services organisation that began in Newcastle in 1984 as a sub-project of the Aboriginal Legal Service, who had identified a need for an Aboriginal service to take responsibility for fostering Aboriginal children of the Hunter with Aboriginal families. By August 2013 it had closed. Hunter Aboriginal…
Cowra ACS was a New South Wales Aboriginal Children’s Services organisation. It was funded by the New South Wales Government until 2008. It was based at Erambie, the old Aborigines Welfare Board Station.
Wagga Wagga ACS is a New South Wales Aboriginal Children’s Services organisation. It was funded by the New South Wales Department of Community Services until 2008. It was active in 2012.
St Marys ACS is a New South Wales Aboriginal Children’s Services organisation funded by the New South Wales Department of Community Services until 2008. In 2012 it appeared to be active.
New South Wales Aboriginal Children’s Services (ACS) provides a range of child welfare and family support services. The ACS was originally funded by Australian Catholic Relief. It was then funded by the New South Wales Government, although funding was stopped in 2008. The ACS agencies try to place Aboriginal children in culturally and socially appropriate…
Wesley Central Mission had its origins in the Methodist Church, which began operating in Sydney from 1812 and formed the Central Methodist Mission. In 1977, when members of the Uniting, Methodist and Presbyterian Churches formed the Uniting Church in Australia, the Central Methodist Mission was renamed the Wesley Central Mission. Wesley Mission became a major…
Burnside, formerly Burnside Homes for Children, was a Uniting Church Agency that ran foster care, family group homes and outreach programmes from 1986 until 2000. By 2000 Burnside had become one of the largest providers of child and family services in New South Wales, although it was no longer providing residential care on its site…
The Salvation Army Australia, Eastern Territory was one of two autonomous territories of this world-wide Christian Church in Australia. Its international headquarters are in London, England. The Eastern Territory comprised the Salvation Army in New South Wales, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory. (South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia and the Northern Territory made up…
Eddy’s Adolescent and Support Services was a private charity, established in 1989 to provide supported residential care for children aged 12 to 18. Eddy’s Adolescent and Support Services operated Eddy’s Place and according to the publication Connecting Kin, Eddy’s Adolescent and Support Services also ran a service called Eddy’s Annexe, a non-residential alternate education project…
Baptist Community Services was established in 1986. It was a non-profit corporation limited by guarantee and was an agency of the Baptist Union of New South Wales. Previously, it was known as New South Wales Baptist Homes Trust. Baptist Community Services operated a number of child and youth programs including Carisbrook, Kings Langley Substitute Care…
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