This report presents research into funding model options for Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations (ACCOs) delivering child and family support services. The report identifies core principles to guide the design of a funding model that is responsive to the sector and makes implementation recommendations.

Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisations (ACCOs) provide holistic, culturally responsive care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families in New South Wales and yet are under-resourced and excluded from decision making. This report calls for reforms to strengthen the role of ACCOs in the child protection system.

This report analyses the disproportionate use of school disciplinary absences on First Nations students, students with disability and students living in out-of-home care and the intersection with poverty. It positions the issue as not only a matter for education policy and practice, but one requiring systemic reform, emphasising inequitable system design over individual behaviour.

The framework provides a roadmap for mainstream organisations to transition out-of-home care services to Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations, placing self-determination, cultural authority and community control at the centre of child and family services. The aim is to ensure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities design, govern and control the services that impact their children and...

This study sets out evidence-based reforms to reduce Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child removals and strengthen child protection and justice systems. It aims to identify opportunities and options to address systemic discrimination and barriers, improve legal and related supports, and reduce the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care.