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574 - OUT-OF-HOME CARE

Hornery, Sonia to the Minister for Family and Community Services, and Minister for Social Housing
  1. What is the number of refugee children in statutory out-of-home care in New South Wales?
    1. What measures are taken to assist refugee children in out-of-home care to maintain their culture andor religion?
  2. What is the number of Aboriginal children in statutory out-of-home care in New South Wales?
    1. How many Aboriginal children in out-of-home care have been placed with non-Indigenous carers?
    2. What measures are taken to assist Aboriginal children in out-of-home care to maintain their culture?
Answer -

(1) (2) and (2) (a) Information on refugee children and young people in out-of-home care is reported in the Department of Family and Community Services' (FACS) Annual Statistical Report, which is available at: www.facs.nsw.gov.au.

(1) (a) Section 9(2)(d) of the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 provides that children in out-of-home care are to be assisted and supported as far as possible to maintain their identity, language, cultural and religious connections.

(2) (b) The Aboriginal Placement Principles recognise the importance of  Aboriginal children being raised in their own culture and maintaining connections. To ensure that Aboriginal children are able to maintain strong links with their culture and family, FACS makes every effort to place them in culturally appropriate placements.

Question asked on 23 June 2015 (session 56-1) and printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 13
Answer received on 28 July 2015 and printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 17

The Parliament of New South Wales acknowledges and respects the traditional lands of all Aboriginal people, and pays respects to all Elders past and present. We acknowledge the Gadigal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which the Parliament of New South Wales stands.