Factsheets
Browse Factsheets by topic including housing, parenting, adoption, Out of Home Care, disability
Showing 31 - 40 of 60 items
-
Factsheet: Sharing information with Family Law Courts
It is important that DCJ and Family Law Courts (FLC’s) share information about issues concerning the safety, welfare and wellbeing of children so decision makers are able to make decisions that will promote the best [...]
-
For applicants
Factsheets about eligibility and applying for social housing assistance
-
For tenants
Factsheets for FACS housing tenants
-
Foundations for change - Homelessness in NSW
Factsheet outlining the issue of homelessness and how the NSW Governement is addressing the challenges of homelessness in NSW.
-
Guardianship orders - what does it mean for me? A guide for children over 12
A guardian is a person who will take care of you until you are at least 18 years old. This might be your grandparent, aunt, uncle or foster carer. A guardian will make decisions about [...]
-
Guardianship orders - what does it mean for me? A guide for children under 12
A guardian is a person who will take care of you until you are at least 18 years old. This might be your grandparent, aunt, uncle or foster carer. A guardian will make decisions about [...]
-
Hackett: Confirming a child’s Aboriginality
In May 2020, the NSW Court of Appeal delivered its decision in Hackett. The Court was asked to decide whether a child was an ‘Aboriginal child’ for the purposes of adoption. The decision affirms a [...]
-
Housing factsheets
In Factsheets
Factsheets related to applying for housing, being a tenant, paying rent, repairs and maintenance and more.
-
How to satisfy permanency planning requirements to achieve short term care orders: restoration
The 2019 amendments to the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 allow for short term care orders to be made that allocate parental responsibility to the Minister for a maximum of 24 [...]
-
How to satisfy permanency planning to achieve short term care orders: adoption
The 2019 amendments to the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 allow for short term care orders to be made that allocate parental responsibility to the Minister for a maximum of 24 [...]