Summary This report covers the academic performance of children in care, by linking the data from the Child Protection National Minimum Data Set (CP NMDS) and the National Assessment Program-Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN). Privacy was protected during the linkage process through the use of de-identified data and data separation principles. The study population included children...

The youth justice system manages children and young people who have committed, or allegedly committed, an offence. In Australia, youth justice is the responsibility of the states and territories, and each has its own legislation, policies and practices. However, the general processes by which young people are charged and sentenced, and the types of legal...

This study is premised on the view that children and young people understand and experience safety in different ways to adults and that without an appreciation of what children and young people need to be and feel safe, responses may fail to adequately respond to their concerns.

This inquiry headed by Principal Commissioner, Bernie Geary OAM, addresses the issue of sexual abuse, exploitation and the adequacy of the provision of residential care services to Victorian children and young people in care. Executive summary The Commission’s Inquiry into the adequacy of the provision of residential care services to children and young people who...

An evaluation of the 'Transforming Educational Achievement for Children in Home-Based and Residential Care' program. Summary Anglicare Victoria has a long history of supporting children and young people in out-of-home-care (OHC). Today it is Victoria’s largest provider of foster and kinship care, and one of the state’s major providers of residential care. The agency is...