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Updates to Social services sector emergency management policy
The Department of Families, Fairness and Housing’s (the department’s) Social services sector emergency management policy (the policy) outlines your responsibilities and important considerations when preparing for, responding to, and recovering from emergencies.
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Fostering Connections ‘Play a Part’ campaign launched
Children and young people across Victoria who cannot live at home need foster carers.
It takes a village to raise a child; foster carers can be an important part of a child’s village.
Foster carers play a vital role in our community. They open their hearts and homes to children and young people who cannot live with their family, providing a safe place to heal, grow and thrive.
Applications open for Redress for Historical Institutional Abuse
The department is accepting applications for Redress for Historical Institutional Abuse.
Redress is for people who experienced physical, emotional, psychological abuse and/or neglect in a Victorian institution before 1990.
Redress recognises and acknowledges the harm caused by the abuse and neglect.