Historic $350m NSW funding boost helps launch new Aboriginal family program to help children ‘tell their own stories’
The New South Wales government has invested $350 million into a new Aboriginal family preservation program. The initiative aims to reduce the overrepresentation of Indigenous children in out-of-home care by providing culturally safe, trauma-informed support.
Why it matters
This represents a significant policy shift in child protection services, focusing on community-led solutions to address systemic issues facing Indigenous families.
The program aims to prevent Indigenous children from losing their voice or identity by providing families with trauma-informed and culturally safe supports. The program aims to prevent Indigenous children from losing their voice or identity by providing families with trauma-informed and culturally safe supports. Indigenous Australians Historic $350m NSW funding boost helps launch new Aboriginal family program to help children ‘tell their own stories’ Holistic approach to care which preserves children’s identities part of Minns government reforms to broader child protection system
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Prefer the Guardian on Google An Aboriginal family preservation program aimed at giving at-risk children space to “tell their own stories” has been launched across New South Wales after a historic investment from the state government.
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