Organisation Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare (2003 - )

The Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare was established in 2003. The Centre is a peak body, providing representation, professional development, research, policy and program advice, publications and resources for 96 community service organisations in the child, youth and family services sector of Victoria.

The Centre for Excellence began as the Children's Welfare Association of Victoria, a peak body set up in 1912.

The Centre represents small, medium and large community service organisations spread across the State in metropolitan and country areas. Its members provide services including residential care, family support, counselling, parenting support, day programs, alternative education, financial counselling, foster care, respite care, support for families with children with a disability, unemployment services, drug and alcohol counselling, sexual abuse counselling, women's refuges, domestic violence services, supported accommodation, youth support services, school support and assistance for families in crisis.

Timeline

 1910 - 1912 Child Saving Council
       1912 - 2003 Children's Welfare Association of Victoria
             2003 - Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare

Reports

• Raman, Sunitha; Forbes, Catherine, It's Not Too Late To Care: report on the research into life outcomes for people brought up in institutional care in Victoria, Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare Inc., Melbourne, 2008. Details