Organisation
Department of Health and Human Services (Vic)
Owning Institution:
Acronym:
DHHS
Media release
Delivering new homes for Victorians who need support
Minister for Housing Richard Wynne today announced the latest tranche of funding through the Social Housing Growth Fund will deliver more than 780 new social housing dwellings across 25 locations in Melbourne and regional Victoria. Initiative: The latest tranche of funding through the Social Housing Growth Fund will deliver more than 780 new social housing...
Media release
Safe places for the homeless to recover and isolate
The Victorian Government will use repurposed aged-care sites to provide self-isolation facilities for Victorians experiencing homelessness - helping them recover from coronavirus, or avoid infection in the first place. Initiative: Safe Places For The Homeless To Recover And Isolate Initiative: Not including Commonwealth Government financial stimulus payments in public housing rent assessments
Strategy
Framework to reduce criminalisation of young people in residential care
This framework aims to reduce the unnecessary and inappropriate contact of young people in residential care with the criminal justice system. The framework establishes a commitment across state government departments, Victoria Police and residential care service providers.
Report
Community co-design of digital interventions for primary prevention of ageism and elder abuse
This report evaluates the consultation and co-design processes used to create the digital intervention and how this methodology impacted on the creation of the approach to storytelling about ageism as a driver of elder abuse.
Discussion paper
Consultation paper for state disability plan 2021–2024
The Victorian government has released this consultation paper to help prepare the next state disability plan. The consultation paper talks about some ideas for the next plan and asks some questions to find out how to make the plan better.