Child welfare
Strategy
Roadmap for Reform: strong families, safe children
Launched in April 2016, this roadmap details the Victorian government's strategy for reform of the children, youth and families services system.
Report
Royal Commission into Family Violence: final report
Recognition of the harm family violence causes and of the need to invest in family violence reforms to assure the future wellbeing and prosperity of all Victorians, resulted in the establishment of this Royal Commission. The report's 227 recommendations are directed at seizing opportunities to transform responses to family violence and building the structures that...
Briefing paper
Interventions for parents and families: the evidence for improving physical health and wellbeing outcomes for children
This briefing paper describes the extent to which interventions for parents and families can improve child physical health and wellbeing outcomes.
Briefing paper
Children and young people in statutory out-of-home care: health needs and health care in the 21st century
This report provides a retrospective analysis of past Victorian government responses to the health needs of children in statutory Out-of-Home Care.
Report
Child abuse and neglect: a socio-legal study of mandatory reporting in Australia (report prepared for the ACT government)
This report for the ACT Community Services Directorate (Children, Youth and Families) is volume 2 of 'Child Abuse And Neglect: A Socio-legal Study of Mandatory Reporting in Australia'. This study aims to explore trends in the reporting of child abuse and neglect by different reporter groups in every Australian state and territory, in the context...