Smart Justice for Young People

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we operate, the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung and Bunurong Peoples of the Kulin Nation. We extend this acknowledgement to all First Nations’ Peoples and pay our respects to their Elders past and present and acknowledge sovereignty was never ceded.

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Led by DFFH, the development, adoption and resourcing of a Child Wellbeing Strategy (to complement Victoria’s new Youth Strategy) underpinned by a whole-of-government Child & Youth Wellbeing Outcomes Framework that refers to and works alongside the Ending Over-representation Whole of Government Framework. A Child Outcomes Framework will outline what children and their families need and want to be well and thrive in life, what government needs to do to enable this, and how the community sector can contribute to this vision (1).

References:

  1. See Recommendation 4, Legislative Council Legal and Social Issues Committee Parliament of Victoria, ‘Inquiry into Victoria’s Criminal Justice System’ (Report, 2022).