State Government of Queensland
The Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women was established on 12 December 2017, following the Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services' responsibilities being split into two departments. The Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women is responsible for youth justice and child protection services including adoption, foster and kindship care. The Department holds records relevant to people who grew up in State institutions or as wards of the State and operates the Time in Care Information Access Service through Right to Information.
The Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women had responsibility for:
The Department introduced the Time in Care Information Access Service (TICIA) to provide Care Leavers with their records.
The Department was renamed in November 2020 and became the Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs.
1879 - 1911 Public Instruction Department, Orphanages Branch
1904 - 1939 Chief Protector of Aboriginals Office
1911 - 1935 Home Secretary's Office, State Children Department
1935 - 1963 Health and Home Affairs Department, State Children Department
1939 - 1966 Director Of Native Affairs Office
1963 - 1966 Labour and Industry Department, State Children Department
1966 - 1975 Aboriginal and Island Affairs Department
1966 - 1987 Children's Services Department
1975 - 1984 Aboriginal and Islanders Advancement Department
1984 - 1987 Community Services Department
1987 Family and Youth Services Department
1987 - 1989 Community Services and Ethnic Affairs Department
1987 - 1989 Family Services Department
1989 - 1996 Family Services and Aboriginal and Islander Affairs Department
1989 - 1996 Family Services and Aboriginal and Islander Affairs Department
1996 - 1998 Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy
1996 Department of Family and Community Services
1996 - 2001 Department of Families, Youth and Community Care
1998 - 2001 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy and Development Department
2001 - 2004 Department of Families
2001 - 2006 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy Department
2001 - 2004 Department of Families
2004 - 2009 Child Safety Department
2004 - 2012 Communities Department
2012 - 2017 Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services Department
2017 - 2020 Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women
2020 - Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs, State Government of Queensland
Sources used to compile this entry: Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women, Time in Care Information Access Service, Queensland Government, 2018, https://www.csyw.qld.gov.au/resources/dcsyw/about-us/right-to-information/ticias-information-sheet.pdf.
Prepared by: Nicola Laurent
Created: 11 December 2018, Last modified: 6 September 2022
Last updated: 7 August 2023
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