The Inaugural Out-of-Home Care Summit 2013

The Inaugural Out-of-Home Care Summit 2013 is dedicated to challenges in the out-of-home care system and the ways of support in Australia for displaced children and youth, including:

• Current and upcoming Federal legislation and standards
• The demographics of displaced children and youth
• Local solutions and partnering with service providers
• Policies across each of the States
• Education for out-of-home-care children
• Federal and State family courts
• Innovative approaches to family care
• Health and mental health care
• Managing casework
• Family preservation and in-home services
• The transition into care
• Aboriginal and cultural competence
• The transition out of care and to independence
• Long-term care and adoption
• International expertise and case studies
• Post out-of-home care

Who should Attend

• Service providers
• Federal, State and local governments
• NGOs
• Research leaders