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Children, Youth & Families Division
A guide to services and resources for children, youth and families in Victoria.
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Victorian Government Health Information
Gateway to information relating to the provision of health services in Victoria.
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Adoption and Permanent Care
Adoption provides a stable and secure family life for children who, for various reasons, cannot live with their family.
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Advocate for Children in Care
Driving improvements and working towards high standards of care for children and young people in out-of-home care.
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Best Start
Best Start (Department of Education and Early Childhood Education - DEECD) supports communities, parents and service providers to improve the responsiveness of universal early years services to local needs.
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Better Health Channel - Children
Articles from the Better Health Channel about children
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Child Health Record (Department of Education and Early Childhood Education - DEECD)
Provides parents, health workers and caregivers information about the health and development of children from birth through to the teenage years.
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Child protection
Child protection services investigate child abuse and provide placement and support services.
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Children's services (child care and kindergarten) (Department of Education and Early Childhood Education - DEECD)
Information about kindergarten, long day care, family day care, occasional care and out of school hours care.
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Early Childhood Intervention (Department of Education and Early Childhood Education - DEECD)
Early Childhood Intervention Services support children with a disability or developmental delay from birth to school entry and also support their families.
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Intercountry Adoption
The Intercountry Adoption Service (ICAS) is responsible for finding Victorian families for children from overseas who cannot be placed with a family in their country of origin.
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Maternal and Child Health (Department of Education and Early Childhood Education - DEECD)
Information about the Maternal and Child Health Service which offers support, information and advice regarding parenting, child health and development, child behaviour, maternal health and well-being, child safety, immunisation, breastfeeding, nutrition and family planning.
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Parentline
Parentline is a statewide service that provides parents with counselling, information and contact details for community services in Victoria
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Better Health Channel
Reliable health information and services - quality assured by the Victorian (Australian) Government.
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Careers at the department
An overview of our employment with information about qualifications, remuneration and career paths.
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Clinicians health channel
Servicing the needs of clinicians - doctors, nurses and allied health professionals - in the Victorian public health sector.
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Go for your life
'Go for your life' is a whole of Government initiative aiming to improve the health and wellbeing of Victorians through improved nutrition and increased participation in physical activity.
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Human Services Directory
A directory of detailed information about health, community and disability services throughout Victoria.
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Office of Housing
Housing services, including emergency & transitional accommodation, long term rental housing, private rental & home ownership assistance.
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Regions of the department
Links to the eight regional offices responsible for the distribution and purchase of services for the department within Victoria.
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