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Historic $350m NSW funding boost helps launch new Aboriginal family program to help children ‘tell their own stories’

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Holistic approach to care which preserves children’s identities part of Minns government reforms to broader child protection system

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.

The program, co-designed by First Nations families, Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisations (ACCOs) and the NSW government, aims to reduce the overrepresentation of Indigenous children in out-of-home care through a holistic approach to child and family protection.

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