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Jan

Berry Street’s response to the bushfire emergency

It has been a difficult start to the new year as we have watched devastating bushfires burn across much of Australia.

Nov

Response to the Commission for Children and Young People’s Report: “In our own words: Systemic inquiry into the lived experience of children and young people in the Victorian out-of-home care system”

The Commission’s report painfully highlights that Victoria’s child protection and out-of-home care system is broken, and that we need to do better for the children and young people we remove from environments of abuse and neglect.

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Nov

New research strengthens calls for early intervention investment to fix Child Protection System

Leading child and family agencies are calling on the Victorian Government to provide targeted investment in effective early intervention programs that reduce the number of children experiencing harm and entering the child protection and out-of-home care system.

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Oct

Open Place announcement

Berry Street has made the decision to cease operating Open Place after 30 June 2020. Open Place will continue to provide services as normal during the transition.

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Sep