The Centre has welcomed the release of the Productivity Commission’s inquiry report, A path to universal early childhood education and care (ECEC).   This report is the final in a series...

Children Australia has relaunched this week under the stewardship of the Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare after a 4-year hiatus. The journal was first published in 1976...

As we close out Kinship Care Week, Child Protection Week and Foster Care Week at the Centre we want to extend an enormous message of gratitude for kinship carers and...

The Centre welcomes the news that Meta will start moving users under 18 years on its Instagram platform into special Teen Accounts with built-in protections to improve online safety this...

The Centre’s Tasmanian Budget 2024-25 summary is developed for our members and the child and family services sector, outlining key funding initiatives.   The first budget for the new Rockliff...

Foster carers play a vital role in our community by opening their hearts and homes to children and young people who are not able to live with their biological families,...

During Foster Care Week, September 8th to 14th, Victoria’s foster care recruitment service, Fostering Connections, urges Victorians to support children needing out-of-home care by becoming foster carers. Carlton Football Club’s...

OPEN is dedicated to improving the evidence base for policy and practice within Victoria’s child and family services sector. By providing access to the best available evidence, OPEN helps professionals...

Upper Murray foster carer Meaghan Lewin won the 2024 Victorian Protecting Children Award for supporting a young person through their cancer diagnosis at the 2024 Victorian Protecting Children Awards. The...