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Family is culture: community report card
The annual Family is Culture Community Report Card has been developed to provide an independent, Aboriginal community perspective on the NSW Government’s implementation of the 2019 Family Is Culture Review Report (FIC Review Report) recommendations.
The FIC Review Report provides a roadmap to transforming the child protection system in NSW for Aboriginal families. Its findings and recommendations acknowledge and address the disproportionate and harmful impact of the NSW child protection system on Aboriginal children and families and provide a path forward for improving outcomes for Aboriginal children and their families.
Key issues
- System failures: Recent audits continue to expose deep systemic flaws within the Department of Communities and Justice, compromising the welfare of Aboriginal children across the state.
- Ineffective transitions to Aboriginal community-controlled organisations (ACCOs): The slow and ineffective transition of child welfare responsibilities to ACCOs continues to deny Aboriginal children culturally appropriate care.
- Neglected early intervention funding: The government’s unmet promises to allocate 30% of early intervention funding to Aboriginal families further reflects a long-standing pattern of underfunding and neglect, with only 7.2% of early intervention funding provided to ACCOs.
