Posted by VACCHO Communications Team on 12 August 2020
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Department of Health and Human Services,
spike in cases,
young people,
Aboriginal children,
COVID-19,
ACCO,
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
VACCHO,
Jill Gallagher,
DHHS,
Victorian Government,
Aboriginal health
Young people have been urged to do their bit to help suppress COVID-19 following another spike in cases in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Communities.
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Posted by VACCHO VACYPA Policy on 26 April 2018
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Aboriginal children in Aboriginal care,
Victorian Government,
Aboriginal families and communities,
social determinants of health,
connection to culture and Country,
resilient and culturally confident Aboriginal children and young people,
Karen Heap,
Wungurilwil Gapgapduir,
out of home care,
Victorian Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People,
Victorian Aboriginal Children and Young People’s Alliance,
Victorian Aboriginal Children and Young People’s Alliance,
Ian Ham,
Self-determination,
Aboriginal Victorians,
Victorian Government,
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
ACCHO,
ACCO,
VACCHO
The Wungurilwil Gapgapduir: Aboriginal Children and Families Agreement has been embraced by the Victorian Aboriginal Children and Young People’s Alliance (VACYP Alliance) and the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Heath Organisation (VACCHO).
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Posted by VACCHO Policy on 18 April 2018
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detention,
out of home care,
Michael Bell,
Victorian Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People,
Justin Mohamed,
Victorian Aboriginal Children and Young People’s Alliance,
Victorian Aboriginal Children and Young People’s Alliance,
Ian Ham,
Self-determination,
Aboriginal Victorians,
Victorian Government,
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
ACCHO,
ACCO,
VACCHO
The Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) and the Victorian Aboriginal Children and Young People’s Alliance (VACYP Alliance) have welcomed the appointment of Justin Mohamed as the second Victorian Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People.
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Posted by VACCHO Communications on 30 January 2018
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Andrew Jackomos,
Victorian Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People,
Aboriginal Children and Young People’s Alliance,
Aboriginal Victorians,
Victorian Government,
Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
ACCHO,
ACCO,
VACCHO
The inaugural Victorian Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People, Andrew Jackomos, has been praised for the “enormous impact” he has had as he steps down from the role he has held since 2013.
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Posted by VACCHO Communications on 13 December 2017
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Investigation into the financial support provided to kinship carers,
kinship care,
Ombudsman,
Jill Gallagher AO,
Aboriginal Children and Young People’s Alliance,
Aboriginal Victorians,
Victorian Government,
Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
ACCHO,
ACCO,
VACCHO
The Victorian Aboriginal Children and Young People’s Alliance (Alliance) and the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) have called for urgent system change after a Victorian Ombudsman’s investigation revealed that kinship care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their carers has seen an unacceptable number of experiences of inequality and hardship.
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Posted by VACCHO Policy Unit on 13 October 2017
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Lisa Thorpe,
Tony McCartney,
Robin Whyte,
welfare,
housing,
housing,
Ken Wyatt AM,
Eastern Melbourne PHN,
Ken Wyatt AM,
Aboriginal children,
health and wellbeing,
$842,000,
Bubup Wilam for Early Learning Aboriginal Child and Family Centre,
Minister Wyatt,
Victorian Government,
Daniel Andrews,
Labor Government,
Ms Jill Gallagher AO,
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander,
discrimination,
State government,
self-determination,
Aboriginal Victorians,
Victorian Government,
Aboriginal specific wellbeing,
Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
Aboriginal health,
health and wellbeing,
ACCHO,
ACCO,
VACCHO,
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
Minister Wyatt announces $842,000 to support Bubup Wilam for Early Learning Aboriginal Child and Family Centre to continue to enhance the health and wellbeing for our children and families.
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Posted by VACCHO Policy Team on 3 May 2017
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ACCO,
Aboriginal children,
parenting support,
maternal and child health,
Victorian State Budget,
family violence support,
self-determination,
Aboriginal Victorians,
Victorian Government,
NDIS ,
National Disability Insurance Scheme,
disability support services,
Jill Gallagher,
Aboriginal specific wellbeing,
social,
emotional and mental health and alcohol and drug workforces,
social,
emotional and mental health,
Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
Aboriginal health,
health and wellbeing,
ACCHOs,
ACCO,
health outcomes,
VACCHO,
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
VACCHO welcomes the announcement of $22 million in establishing social, emotional and mental health and alcohol and drug workforces in Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations (ACCOs).
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Posted by Policy Unit on 28 April 2016
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Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
Aboriginal health,
health and wellbeing,
Close the Gap,
CTG,
Aboriginal workforce,
Aboriginal kids,
Victorian State Budget,
Budget,
Jill Gallagher,
Andrews Government,
Labor Government,
Victorian Aboriginal Children and Young People’s Alliance,
ACCHOs,
new funding,
family violence prevention,
mental health,
alcohol and drugs,
suicide prevention,
out of home care,
co-design
VACCHO congratulates the Victorian Government on the scope of its 2016 Victorian State Budget and is keen to work with the Andrews Government in implementing its socially progressive agenda.
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Posted by VACCHO Policy Team on 13 March 2015
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Karen Heap,
Ballarat & District Aboriginal Co-operative,
Productivity Commission,
Koori kid,
statewide crisis,
Andrews government,
Victorian Aboriginal Children and Young People’s Alliance,
Out of Home Care in Victoria,
Close the Gap,
Tony Abbott,
Aboriginal,
community,
health,
wellbeing,
Jill Gallagher AO,
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,
VACCHO
The Victorian Aboriginal Children and Young People’s Alliance calls upon the Andrews government to act immediately in preventing the continued and alarming growth of Aboriginal babies and children being removed and placed in out of home care.
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