In 10 years
- Aboriginal family violence services will ensure Aboriginal people exercise their rights and responsibilities and have support when necessary to navigate the system and make informed choices
- Government will transform the system, with Aboriginal services resourced as the primary providers of healing and family violence services for Aboriginal people who experience family violence, and people who use family violence
- Support will be provided to Aboriginal Victorians through a strong Aboriginal designed and led healing model
- Government will fund and enable services to support a person’s healing journey, with long-term therapeutic support, rather than individual episodes of support
- Government will grow, strengthen, upskill and resource the Aboriginal workforce and service system through Aboriginal designed and led employment pathways
Critical actions
3.1 Government will transform the system, with Aboriginal services resourced as the primary providers of healing and family violence services for Aboriginal children and people who experience family violence, and people who use family violence
3.2 Government to commit to Aboriginal Funding Reform to strengthen the capacity for ACCOs to deliver Aboriginal family violence and sexual assault services sustainably
3.3 Prioritise the continuation of funding for transitional and long-term housing options that address the needs of Aboriginal people who experience and/or use family violence and prioritise the safety of victim-survivors
Supporting activities
| Supporting activities | Lead and contributors | Activities duration by year |
|---|---|---|
| 3.1.1 Evaluate and expand on the Sexual Assault Trial Sites | Department of Families, Fairness and Housing | Beginning and completion in 2024 |
| 3.1.2 Evaluate and expand on the implementation of the Aboriginal Access Points | Department of Families, Fairness and Housing | Beginning and completion in 2025 |
| 3.1.3 Evaluate and build on the Place for Change (formally known as the Medium-term Perpetrator Accommodation Scheme) to expand to additional areas | Department of Families, Fairness and Housing | Beginning and completion in 2024 |
| 3.1.4 Evaluate and expand on successful Dhelk Dja funded activities | Department of Families, Fairness and Housing | Beginning and completion in 2024 |
| 3.1.5 Support ACCOs to provide culturally appropriate and timely counselling and wrap-around services for children in the out of home care system who have been victims of family violence and sexual abuse | Department of Families, Fairness and Housing | Beginning and completion in 2024 |
| 3.1.6 Through The Orange Door and Child and Family Services, provide Aboriginal children impacted by abuse or family violence with information about victim support, legal services and redress | Department of Families, Fairness and Housing Department of Justice and Community Safety | Beginning and completion in 2024 |
| 3.1.7 Through The Orange Door and Child and Family Services, provide Aboriginal children with information and support to reconnect to education and early childhood services | Department of Families, Fairness and Housing Department of Education | Beginning in 2024 and completion by 2025 |
| 3.1.8 Complete 5-Year Review (evaluation) of MARAM as best practice, including evaluation of the effectiveness of the MARAM tool for undertaking family violence risk assessment and management for Aboriginal people | Department of Families, Fairness and Housing | Beginning and completion in 2023 |
| 3.1.9 Continuous improvement activities for The Orange Door and MARAM engages Dhelk Dja Partnership Forum/governance mechanisms | Department of Families, Fairness and Housing | Beginning in 2023 and completion by 2025 |
| 3.1.10 Trial and evaluate the serious risk program to provide an intensive, coordinated response to serious-risk adults using family violence and the victim survivors impacted by their violence | Department of Families, Fairness and Housing | Beginning in 2023 and completion by 2025 |
| 3.1.11 Commence the delivery of a specialist Disability Advice and Response Team (DART) response to Aboriginal young people and their families at Marram-Ngala Ganbu (Koori Family Hearing Days) within the Children's Court of Victoria. An evaluation of DART, including the specialist response to Marram- Ngala Ganbu, is scheduled to be completed by 30 June 2024 | Department of Justice and Community Safety Children's Court of Victoria. | Beginning in 2023 and completion by 2025 |
| 3.1.12 Continue to support the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service and Djirra involvement in the delivery of the Legal Services in The Orange Door Pilot | Department of Justice and Community Safety | Beginning in 2023 and completion by 2025 |
| 3.1.13 Continue to support the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service and Djirra's involvement in the Victims Legal Service | Department of Justice and Community Safety | Beginning and completion in 2023 |
| 3.2.1 Consider the recommendations of the Aboriginal Funding Reform Project, including proposed funding models and system changes to improve government funding to Aboriginal family violence services | Department of Families, Fairness and Housing | Beginning and completion in 2024 |
| 3.2.2 Implement the Aboriginal Family Violence Industry Strategy including implementing the Aboriginal model for Royal Comission into Family Violence recommendation 209 | Department of Families, Fairness and Housing Department of Education | Beginning in 2023 and completion by 2024 |
| 3.2.3 Continue to support the delivery of the Brother to Brother Crisis Line | Department of Justice and Community Safety Dardi Munwurro | Beginning in 2023 and completion by 2024 |
| 3.2.4 Continue to deliver the Koori Women's Place Program | Department of Justice and Community Safety Djirra | Beginning in 2023 and completion by 2024 |
| 3.2.5 Continue to deliver the Djirra Prison Support Program | Department of Justice and Community Safety Djirra | Beginning and completion in 2023 |
| 3.3.1 Time Out accommodation services to be expanded | Department of Families, Fairness and Housing | Beginning and completion in 2025 |
| 3.3.2 Healing services to be designed and delivered statewide | Department of Families, Fairness and Housing | Beginning and completion in 2025 |
| 3.3.3 Expansion and evaluation of the Corrections Housing Pathway Initiative with Aboriginal-specific positions | Department of Families, Fairness and Housing | Beginning and completion in 2024 |
| 3.3.4 Evaluate and build on implementation of an Aboriginal-specific entry point for homelessness services | Department of Families, Fairness and Housing | Beginning and completion in 2024 |
| 3.3.5 Strengthen Victorian Aboriginal Housing and Homelessness Forum governance to progress implementation of mana-na woorn-tyeen maar-takoort objectives and to provide accountability and transparency | Department of Families, Fairness and Housing | Beginning in 2023 and completion by 2025 |
| 3.3.6 Continue to deliver the Ngarra Jarranounith Place program | Department of Justice and Community Safety Dardi Munwurro | Beginning in 2023 and completion by 2024 |
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