First Peoples families
Alternative labels
Indigenous families
Submission
Central Australian Aboriginal Congress’ response to Productivity Commission discussion paper
Too many Aboriginal children in and around Alice Springs grow up in an environment marked by poverty, substance abuse, and lack of responsive care and stimulation, with low levels of formal education and school attendance coupled with economic marginalisation and social exclusion.
Guide
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle: a guide to support implementation
This resource is primarily designed to support a holistic understanding of the five elements of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle (ATSICPP) and promote the processes, strategies and practices required to progress its implementation.
Report
Aboriginal children in out-of-home care in NSW: developmental outcomes and cultural and family connections
The aim of this report was to examine the outcomes for Aboriginal children placed into out-of-home care in the Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study (POCLS).
Book
Skin, kin and clan: the dynamics of social categories in Indigenous Australia
Australia is unique in the world for its diverse and interlocking systems of Indigenous social organisation.
Journal article
The Aboriginal Australian Family Wellbeing Program: a historical analysis of the conditions that enabled its spread
This study examined the scaling of the Aboriginal-developed Family Wellbeing (FWB) program, that spread nationally to sixty known sites and was delivered to more than 3,500 participants.