Out-of-home care, foster care, relative and kinship care factsheets

Court processes have been clarified and streamlined to ensure that a child or young person’s needs will be responded to quickly and to minimise litigation.

The reforms to guardianship orders empower families to decide who can best parent their children where they recognise they are unable to.

Open adoption recognises that there is a benefit for children when they can maintain a relationship with their birth families and when both families (birth and adoptive) remain in contact with each other after an [...]

Section 105 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1998 prohibits the publication or broadcasting of the name of a child or young person involved in proceedings in the Children’s Court or subject to a [...]

The Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Amendment Act 2018 will strengthen services to keep children safely at home with their families and restore children to their families when it is safe to do [...]

The Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Amendment Act 2018 amends the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 and the Adoption Act 2000 to support current child protection reforms.

The NSW Government remains committed to working with Aboriginal communities and Aboriginal organisations across NSW to increase Aboriginal self-determination and Aboriginal participation in child protection decision-making.

Responses to frequently asked questions (FAQ) about the Shaping a Better Child Protection System.