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
The Inaugural Out-of-Home Care Summit 2013 brings together:
- Service providers
- Federal, State and local governments
- NGOs
- Research leaders
