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Ombudsman’s report highlights dire state of kinship care for Aboriginal children and their carer

Posted by VACCHO Communications on 13 December 2017

Tags: 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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Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation Inc.

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Ombudsman’s report highlights dire state of kinship care for Aboriginal children and their carer