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Government Departments
Department of Justice and Community Safety
Adoption Services includes local adoption, inter-country adoption and information about past adoptions.
Local adoption services are now delivered directly by Adoption Victoria within the Department of Justice and Community Safety, and indirectly by four community agencies:
- Anglicare
- CatholicCare
- Uniting
- Children and Families Services Ballara
Adoption Services
More infomation can be found at Adoption section.
Foster Care Agencies
Fostering Connections
Foster carers across Victoria welcome children and young people into their heart and their homes.
Their families come in all shapes and sizes – some carers are single, some are in relationships, some have biological children and some don’t.Foster carers are everyday people, from all walks of life, cultures, backgrounds, ages and experiences.
The one thing they all have in common is that they care about children and want to make a difference.
If that sounds like you, Fostering Connections would like to hear from you.
1/398 Smith Street, Collingwood 306
03 9416 4292 | 1800 013 088 | admin@fcav.org.au
Barwon Child Youth & Family
222 Malop Street, Geelong 3220
03 5222 6911 | info@bcyf.org.au
Brophy Family & Youth Services
210 Timor Street, Warrnambool 3280
03 5561 8888 | admin@brophy.org.au
Child & Family Services Ballarat
115 Lydiard Street North, Ballarat 3350
03 5337 3333 | info@cafs.org.au
Gateways Support Services
10 – 12 Albert Street, Geelong West 3218
03 5221 2984 | info@gateways.org.au
Gippsland & East Gippsland Aboriginal Co-Operative
35 – 53 Dalmahoy Street, Bairnsdale 3875
03 5150 0700 | adminbuilding@gegac.org.au
Life Without Barriers
Level 2, 1 – 7 Langhorne Street, Dandenong 3175
03 8752 8500 | info@lwb.org.au
3, 554 Church Street, Richmond 3121
03 8480 9603 | info@lwb.org.au
Mallee Accommodation & Support Program
140 Langtree Avenue, Mildura 3500
03 5021 6500 | ceo@masp.org.au
Permanent Care & Adoptive Families (PCA)
Level 5, 50 Market Street, Melbourne 3000
03 9020 1833 | Info@pcafamilies.org.au
Quantum Support Services
223 – 227 Princes Drive, Morwell 3840
03 5120 2000 | mail@quantum.org.au
Upper Murray Family Care
29 Stanley Street, Wodonga 3690
03 6055 8000 | admin@umfc.com.au
Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency
340 Bell Street, Preston 3072 | 03 9287 8800
Level 2, 2 – 7 Langhorne Street, Dandenong 3175 | 03 9108 3500
25 – 27 Rintoull Street, Morwell 3840 | 03 5135 6055
20 Fletcher Road, Chirnside Park 3116 | 03 8727 0200
| vacca@vacca.org
Adoption Agencies
CatholicCare
CatholicCare provides adoption services including counselling and support, assessment and education, casework and mediation. They acknowledge and respect the wishes of birth parents and ensure that they have appropriate advice and support, while also recruiting, screening, training and supporting skilled carers and prospective adoptive parents.
More infomation can be found at Adoption and Permanent Care section.
Adoption & Permanent Care Program Department of Human Services
833 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill 3128
03 9843 6413 | APCeastern@dhs.vic.gov.au
Southern and bayside suburbs, Dandenong, Frankston, Mornington Peninsula and surrounding areas
Geelong, Warrnambool, Portland, Hamilton
Adoption & Permanent Care Program Department of Human Services
2nd floor, Little Malop & Fenwick Streets, Geelong 3220
03 5226 4540 | APCBarwon@dhhs.vic.gov.au
Ballarat, Horsham, Stawell & surrounding areas
Adoption & Permanent Care Program & Family Services
Ballarat - Ludbrook House | 115 Lydiard Street Ballarat 3350
03 5337 333 | adoppermcare@cafs.org.au
Bendigo, Maryborough, Castlemain, Echua, Swan Hill, Mildura & surrounding areas
Bendigo, Maryborough, Castlemain, Echua, Swan Hill, Mildura & surrounding areas
Adoption & Permanent Care Program Department of Human Services
679 High Street, Preston 3072
03 9479 0558 | APCNorth@dhhs.vic.gov.au
Central & Eastern Gippsland
Adoption & Permanent Care – Catholic Care
3 Wingfield Street, Footscray 3011
03 9689 3888 | adoptions@ccam.org.au
Central Resource Exchange Responsible for coordinating of children across the State & for organising training sessions for the Infant Adoption Program of Victoria
Adoption.inquiry@dhs.vic.gov.au
Support Services
Foster Care Association of Victoria
The Foster Care Association of Victoria is the peak body for over 4,000 Victorian foster carers, established in 1992 by a small passionate group of foster carers.
1/398 Smith Street, Collingwood 3066
03 9416 4292 | admin@fcav.org.au
Permanent Care & Adoptive Families (PCA)
Level 5, 50 Market Street, Melbourne 3000
03 9020 1833 | Info@pcafamilies.org.au
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