The number of Indigenous children entering the child protection system could increase by more than 50 per cent over the next decade without wide-ranging structural reform, according to Australia’s peak advocacy body for First Nations children | ...
The number of Indigenous children entering the child protection system could increase by more than 50 per cent over the next decade without wide-ranging structural reform despite new Closing the Gap commitments, according to Australia’s peak advocacy body for First Nations children.
“The number of our children living in out-of-home care is projected to increase by 54 per cent over the next decade if the current trajectory is not interrupted by profound and wholesale change to legislation, policy and practice,” the report said. Social Services Minister Anne Ruston agreed that the number of children in out-of-home care was “heartbreaking”, and said the federal government was spending $290 million a year on funding prevention programs.
“What we’re seeing is the impact of service delivery that wasn’t designed for our communities, by our communities ... there’s very little self-determination for families,” she said. “Victoria has had some really good results where it has used its Aboriginal community controlled services,” she said.
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