With the imminent release of the DSS Children and Family Support Program Grant Guidelines (scheduled 18 September), the department has been busy preparing the groundwork for launch day. This has included release of the Provider Previews for organisations eligible to […]
The family and relationship services sector actively engages in strengths based programs and supports that provide resilience and protective factors in children, adults and communities. These are important for building solid foundations. Sometimes, these foundations are required for weathering the […]
We are excited this week to release early findings from our workforce project, Australia’s Family and Relationship Services Workforce – Now and into the Future. FRSA commissioned the Centre for International Economics (The CIE) to undertake this study to provide an authoritative […]
July is proving to be a very busy month for FRSA – and, no doubt, for many of our readers. This week my head is filled with a plethora of ideas and activities that range from AI and family law, […]
Today we bring to you our first eBulletin for the new financial year. It doesn’t have quite the same sense of possibility and hope that the new calendar year delivers, but there is certainly a sense of relief that loose […]
Earlier today, the Department of Social Services opened up consultation on key documents within the Relational Contracting model on the DSS Engage website. These include the Shell Agreement, Governance Framework and Decision Matrix and FRSA will be coming out shortly to our […]
Today I was privileged to be in attendance at Minister Tanya Plibersek’s first consultation roundtable to inform the Second Action Plan under the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022-2032. This session brought together national peaks, national […]
At the forefront of my mind this week is the prevalence of violence across our communities, particularly violence directed at women and at children. Wednesday this week (6 May) was National Domestic and Family Violence Remembrance Day – a day […]
Just before the Family Law Council meeting I was attending today got underway, a media release issued by National Commissioner for Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence, Micaela Cronin, arrived in my inbox raising her concerns that the economic and global uncertainty is […]
The world has an eerie COVID-esque feeling about it. People are not required to stay put by virtue of a health pandemic but the cost of fuel and living pressures is having similar impacts. We are hearing from our members that people and communities are coming forward […]
