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Children ended up in out-of-home care for a variety of reasons, mainly relating to poverty and family breakdown at a time when there was little support for families in crisis. Residential institutions run by government and non-government organisations were the standard form of out-of-home care during the first half of the 20th century.
Income security policies and programs for families with children, carers, the aged and people in hardship; Services for families with children, people with disabilities and carers; Community support services, excluding the Home and Community Care program; Family relationship services; Housing policy co-ordination, welfare housing and rent ...
The site was the central point of child welfare in NSW, being the first place most children saw after they were taken from their families and the transit point for their referral to other institutions or programs. As a result, this was the place many members of the Forgotten Australians and Stolen Generations entered "care". [1] [2]
Income security policies and programmes for families with children, carers, the aged and people in hardship; Services for families with children, people with disabilities and carers; Community support services, excluding the Home and Community Care program; Family relationship services; Welfare housing and rent assistance
The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister. [ 1 ] The Secretary of the Department was David Rosalky, until 2001 [ 1 ] and then subsequently Mark Sullivan, [ 4 ] until 2004 and then Jeff Harmer.
Home Children was the child migration scheme founded by Annie MacPherson in 1869, under which more than 100,000 children were sent from the United Kingdom to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa. The programme was largely discontinued in the 1930s but not entirely terminated until the 1970s.
Friday, Nov. 15, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Combined Veterans Resource Fair and Blood Drive; VFW Post 152 invites all military, veterans and survivors to Cold Spring Community Center, 30 Beach St., North ...
The Department of Veterans' Affairs is a department of the Government of Australia, established in 1976, and charged with the responsibility of delivering government programs for war veterans, members of the Australian Defence Force, members of the Australian Federal Police, and their dependants.