‘Safe stepping stones’ for foster kids | Rosemarie & David’s carer story
13 September 2020 As a couple who keep opening their home to some of Gippsland’s most vulnerable young people, Rosemarie and David Foulkes have a simple...
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Fostering with our five kids | Bek & Leigh’s care experience
14 September 2020 Only a few hours after becoming foster carers Bek and Leigh Stevens were bringing home their first foster child, a four-month-old baby...
Rapid Response – Keeping Families Safely Together
Rapid Response is an Early Intervention Program that works with at-risk families identified by child protection services. Informed by a number of...
Changing the Youth Justice Story with Functional Family Therapy (FFT-YJ)
AV’s Functional Family Therapy – Youth Justice (FFT-YJ) program works with young people involved in the youth justice system and their families to prevent...
Parish Partnerships – Building Connections
AV's Parish Partnerships program supports local Parishes to better address the needs of their community. Over 180 churches support AV in delivering support to...
Victorian homelessness package a ray of light in a grim year
The lives of 2000 homeless people who have been sheltering in hotels during the pandemic will be transformed by an investment in long-term accommodation by the...
Working for Victoria Initiative at Anglicare Victoria
Thursday 23 July 2020 Anglicare Victoria is recruiting a state-wide network of new staff, providing employment to those who have lost jobs and enhancing our...
Authorities should give young people a breather on masks in the short term
Police should show restraint on young people who aren’t wearing masks – at least in the first instance – as they adjust to the new rules the Andrews...
JobTrainer welcome help for young people facing an uncertain future
Friday 17 July 2020 The Federal Government’s new JobTrainer program fills an important gap by helping young people hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic to...
Building social housing, addressing financial hardship would help stop spread of coronavirus
Thursday 2 July A government commitment to build more social housing would create a huge pipeline of work for builders, but more than that – it would...