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Proudly strengthening the sector, building resilience, collaboration and shared success.

Last updated: 29 Sep 2025

Our purpose

We strengthen and guide the sector, building resilience, collaboration and shared success.

As the voice of organisations and individuals dedicated to advancing child and family wellbeing, we set the standards for professional education and practice in child and family services.

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Policy and Ideas

Develop, influence and advocate for public policies that advance the rights and wellbeing of children, young people and families and address the social, economic and cultural barriers to improving their lives.

Research and Practice

Lead and share research to support innovation and evidence-informed practice.

Capacity Building

Strengthen the capacity of organisations to provide services that best suit the needs of vulnerable families and children.

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Upcoming Centre events
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MacKillop, the Centre and CMY launch new multicultural resources.

MacKillop Launch – Multicultural Practice Resources

March 23 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am

To celebrate Cultural Diversity week, the Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare and MacKillop Family Services invite you to a launch of a suite of resources – developed by MacKillop in collaboration […]

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Working With Young People Who Identify as LGBTQIA+ (RCLDS)

March 24 @ 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Gain a comprehensive understanding of LGBTQIA+ identities and explore ways that you and your team can actively be supportive and inclusive of young people who identify as LGBTQIA+.  Be introduced […]

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  • RCLDS Training
  • Working With Young People Who Identify as LGBTQIA+

Brave Foundation’s Turning Point Symposium

March 25 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Brave Foundation’s inaugural Turning Point Symposium is taking place next month, centred around the theme ‘Reframing Pre-Birth and Infant Safety Reports Through Effective Solutions’. 

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Children, young people and families feature in the Centre's pre-budget submission to the Commonwealth Government.

Submission to the 2026-27 Commonwealth Budget

12 Mar 2026

The Federal Government has a watershed opportunity to implement a bold and visionary budget which places children at its heart and draws on the best available evidence of what works to keep children, young people, families and communities safe and thriving.
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Looking for positives amongst recurring disasters

10 Mar 2026

For individuals and families who have suffered loss and dislocation, it is hard to find positives amid frequent and intense natural disasters. There are green shoots however in the systems that support effective response and recovery. Here are three emerging positives and ways in which each can, indeed must, be developed further.
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A conversation on care experienced leadership with Churchill Fellow Clare Holdsworth (UK)

06 Mar 2026

The Centre's OPEN team was honoured to host Clare Holdsworth for a sector gathering focused on building meaningful, safe and impactful employment pathways for care experienced young people.
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Our Members
54 Reasons Save The Children
Ability Assist
Access Health And Community
Act For Kids
Allambi Care
Anchor Community Care
Anglicare Tasmania
Anglicare Victoria
Aruma
Association for Children With a Disability
Australian Childhood Foundation
Australian Childhood Trauma Group
Ballarat and District Aboriginal Co-operative Limited
Baptcare Ltd
Benalla Rural City Council
Bendigo & District Aboriginal Co-operative
Bendigo Community Health Services
Brophy Family and Youth Services
Brotherhood of St Laurence
Bubup Wilam
Carechoice
Caroline Chisholm Society
Catholic Social Services Victoria
Catholic Care Victoria
CatholicCare Tasmania
Child and Family Services Ballarat
Christian Brethren Community Care Ltd Trading As Temcare
City of Darebin
City of Melbourne
City of Port Phillip
City of Yarra
Colac Area Health
Community Living and Respite Services
Concern Australia Welfare
Council of Single Mothers and their Children
Dandenong and District Aborigines Cooperative
Dhauwurd Wurrung Elderly & Community Health Service Inc-
Doncare
Drummond Street Services
EACH Social and Community Health
Family Access Network
Family Life
FamilyCare
Federation of Community Legal Centres (FCLC)
Fostering Hope
FVREE Free From Family Violence
Gippsland & East Gippsland Aboriginal Cooperative (GEGAC)
GIPPSLAND LAKES COMPLETE HEALTH
Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand
Goolum Goolum Aboriginal Co-operative
Gunditjmara Aboriginal Cooperative
HenderCare Foundation
Hobart City Mission
IPC HEALTH
JCP Youth Empowering Youth
Jesuit Social Services
JEWISH CARE
Junction Support Services
K.Y.M. (Victoria) Inc
Kara House
54 Reasons Save The Children
Ability Assist
Access Health And Community
Act For Kids
Allambi Care
Anchor Community Care
Anglicare Tasmania
Anglicare Victoria
Aruma
Association for Children With a Disability
Australian Childhood Foundation
Australian Childhood Trauma Group
Ballarat and District Aboriginal Co-operative Limited
Baptcare Ltd
Benalla Rural City Council
Bendigo & District Aboriginal Co-operative
Bendigo Community Health Services
Brophy Family and Youth Services
Brotherhood of St Laurence
Bubup Wilam
Carechoice
Caroline Chisholm Society
Catholic Social Services Victoria
Catholic Care Victoria
CatholicCare Tasmania
Child and Family Services Ballarat
Christian Brethren Community Care Ltd Trading As Temcare
City of Darebin
City of Melbourne
City of Port Phillip
City of Yarra
Colac Area Health
Community Living and Respite Services
Concern Australia Welfare
Council of Single Mothers and their Children
Dandenong and District Aborigines Cooperative
Dhauwurd Wurrung Elderly & Community Health Service Inc-
Doncare
Drummond Street Services
EACH Social and Community Health
Family Access Network
Family Life
FamilyCare
Federation of Community Legal Centres (FCLC)
Fostering Hope
FVREE Free From Family Violence
Gippsland & East Gippsland Aboriginal Cooperative (GEGAC)
GIPPSLAND LAKES COMPLETE HEALTH
Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand
Goolum Goolum Aboriginal Co-operative
Gunditjmara Aboriginal Cooperative
HenderCare Foundation
Hobart City Mission
IPC HEALTH
JCP Youth Empowering Youth
Jesuit Social Services
JEWISH CARE
Junction Support Services
K.Y.M. (Victoria) Inc
Kara House
Karinya Young Women's Service
Kennerley Children's Homes
Key Assets
KIDS FIRST
KIDS UNDER COVER
KYABRAM COMMUNITY & LEARNING CENTRE
Launceston City Mission
LAUNCH HOUSING
Life Without Barriers
LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION
MACKILLOP FAMILY SERVICES
Make A Difference Dingley Village Inc.
MALLEE ACCOMMODATION AND SUPPORT PROGRAM
MANSFIELD SHIRE COUNCIL
MELBOURNE CITY MISSION
Meli Community
Melton City Council
Mirabel Foundation Inc
MISSION AUSTRALIA
Moira Inc
MOONEE VALLEY CITY COUNCIL
Multicultural Community Services Geelong Inc
MUNGABAREENA ABORIGINAL CORPORATION
Murray Valley Aboriginal Co-operative
Njernda Aboriginal Corporation
No to Violence
NORTHERN DISTRICT COMMUNITY HEALTH
Odyssey House Victoria
Olivia's Place
ONCALL Group Australia
Onesimus Foundation
Our Village
OZCHILD
Permanent Care and Adoptive Families
Playgroup Victoria
Positive Solutions
QEC
QUANTUM SUPPORT SERVICES
Ramahyuck District Aboriginal Corporation
Refuge Victoria Inc
RELATIONSHIP MATTERS
RELATIONSHIPS AUSTRALIA
Rumbalara Family Services
SAFE STEPS FAMILY VIOLENCE RESPONSE CENTRE
Settlement Services International
Siblings Australia Inc
Sunbury and Cobaw Community Health
TaskForce Community Agency
The Alannah and Madeline Foundation
The Bridge Youth Services
The Pyjama Foundation
Reach
The Salvation Army
The Smith Family
THORNE HARBOUR HEALTH
Tweddle Child & Family Health Services
Uniting
Upper Murray Family Care
VACRO
Vanish
VICSEG New Futures
Victorian Aboriginal Children and Young Peoples Alliance Ltd
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation Inc. (VACCHO)
Wathaurong Aboriginal Cooperative
Winda-Mara Aboriginal Corporation
Windermere Child & Family Services Inc
Yarra Ranges Kinder
YMCA Victoria
Youth Network of Tasmania
Yooralla
Youth Affairs Council Victoria
Youth, Family and Community Connections Inc
Youth Support + Advocacy Service
ZOE SUPPORT AUSTRALIA
BERRY STREET
Karinya Young Women's Service
Kennerley Children's Homes
Key Assets
KIDS FIRST
KIDS UNDER COVER
KYABRAM COMMUNITY & LEARNING CENTRE
Launceston City Mission
LAUNCH HOUSING
Life Without Barriers
LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION
MACKILLOP FAMILY SERVICES
Make A Difference Dingley Village Inc.
MALLEE ACCOMMODATION AND SUPPORT PROGRAM
MANSFIELD SHIRE COUNCIL
MELBOURNE CITY MISSION
Meli Community
Melton City Council
Mirabel Foundation Inc
MISSION AUSTRALIA
Moira Inc
MOONEE VALLEY CITY COUNCIL
Multicultural Community Services Geelong Inc
MUNGABAREENA ABORIGINAL CORPORATION
Murray Valley Aboriginal Co-operative
Njernda Aboriginal Corporation
No to Violence
NORTHERN DISTRICT COMMUNITY HEALTH
Odyssey House Victoria
Olivia's Place
ONCALL Group Australia
Onesimus Foundation
Our Village
OZCHILD
Permanent Care and Adoptive Families
Playgroup Victoria
Positive Solutions
QEC
QUANTUM SUPPORT SERVICES
Ramahyuck District Aboriginal Corporation
Refuge Victoria Inc
RELATIONSHIP MATTERS
RELATIONSHIPS AUSTRALIA
Rumbalara Family Services
SAFE STEPS FAMILY VIOLENCE RESPONSE CENTRE
Settlement Services International
Siblings Australia Inc
Sunbury and Cobaw Community Health
TaskForce Community Agency
The Alannah and Madeline Foundation
The Bridge Youth Services
The Pyjama Foundation
Reach
The Salvation Army
The Smith Family
THORNE HARBOUR HEALTH
Tweddle Child & Family Health Services
Uniting
Upper Murray Family Care
VACRO
Vanish
VICSEG New Futures
Victorian Aboriginal Children and Young Peoples Alliance Ltd
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation Inc. (VACCHO)
Wathaurong Aboriginal Cooperative
Winda-Mara Aboriginal Corporation
Windermere Child & Family Services Inc
Yarra Ranges Kinder
YMCA Victoria
Youth Network of Tasmania
Yooralla
Youth Affairs Council Victoria
Youth, Family and Community Connections Inc
Youth Support + Advocacy Service
ZOE SUPPORT AUSTRALIA
BERRY STREET
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The Centre’s membership benefits build collaboration, advocacy, and capacity within the child and family services sector, ensuring a more resilient and supportive environment that provides better outcomes for children and families.
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