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Last updated: 29 Sep 2025

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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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2026–27 Tasmanian Post-Budget Sector Briefing and Q&A with Peter Whitcombe

May 27 @ 9:30 am - 10:30 am

Join the Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare, with guest speaker Peter Whitcombe (Deputy Secretary, Child Safety and Youth Justice Operations), for a timely post-budget online sector briefing […]

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School Re-engagement: Understanding Attendance Challenges and Practical, System Level Responses in Out of Home Care

May 28 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

We’re pleased to share an upcoming free, in person workshop hosted by the Centre and delivered by Associate Professor Lisa McKay Brown: School Re‑engagement: Understanding Attendance Challenges and Practical, System‑Level […]

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Diploma of Leadership and Management- Information Session

May 29 @ 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm

The BSB50420 Diploma of Leadership and Management empowers you to inspire, engage, and lead the way in your workplace. Our Diploma program develops and elevates management and leadership competencies tailored […]

  • BSB50420 Diploma of Leadership and Management
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Federal Budget delivers important reforms for children and families

14 May 2026

Funding to establish a streamlined national Children and Family Support program, ongoing support for the National Office for Child Safety response to child sexual exploitation, and long-overdue reforms in the child support system, were highlighted as significant and positive steps forward in the 2026-27 Federal Budget.
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Federal Budget 2026/27: Child and family services sector summary

14 May 2026

The Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare (the Centre) welcomes key measures in the 2026-27 Federal Budget that deliver substantial new investment in early childhood, family support, and family violence services. The Centre is calling on Government to move swiftly to implement the Thriving Kids program and to protect existing services during the transition to the new Children and Family Support program.
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Inquiry says government must guarantee funding for public schools

13 May 2026

An inquiry into the impact of the Victorian Government's decision to delay increases to public school funding calls on both the Victorian and Commonwealth Governments to compensate public schools for years of underfunding.
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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
Baptcare Ltd
Benalla Rural City Council
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
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
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
Baptcare Ltd
Benalla Rural City Council
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
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
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
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
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 Community Controlled Health Organisation Inc. (VACCHO)
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
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
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 Community Controlled Health Organisation Inc. (VACCHO)
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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