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The FCAV has developed an advocacy platform which seeks to inform and provide solutions to the service delivery and systemic issues which are driving carer high attrition rates, and which prevents successful carer recruitment. The FCAV has assembled a suite of information to inform the development of its platform which is based on three types of information/reporting essential for informed decision making including:

  • statistical data,

  • research, and

  • analysis.

The FCAV’s library of Child Protection information is part of its corporate contribution to the ongoing dialogue in the sector about how best to reform Victorian’s Child Protection system so that it is effective for the 21st century.

Evidence for FCAV's advocacy is provided in the following reports:
... Nothwithstanding the evident skill required in providing foster care, Child Protection and foster care agencies appeared to regard foster carers as low paid staff members.
Balancing the high personal costs and rewards in providing foster care: Experiences of non-related foster carers in Australia
Table 7.2: Households commencing and exiting care, by state and territory, 2022-23
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare child protection data
Carer household numbers
FCAV Carer Census 2024
FCAV Carer Snapshot 2023-2024
Economic Value of Foster Care - Cube Group
"Let Us Learn" Education for Young People in Care Inquiry - CCYP
Care Allowance Campaign
Comparative Care Allowance Rates across Australia
Enhancing the Attraction and Retention of Foster Carers in Victoria: Policy Considerations
Systemic inquiry into the lived experience of children and young people in the Victorian out of home care system
FCAV Carer Strategy Discussion paper
Carer Strategy - Strong Carers, Stronger Children
CIMS Review - Cube
DFFH Carer Census 2021 - EY
DFFH Annual Report 23-24
Child Protection additional service delivery data 2021 2022
Child Protection additional service delivery data 2022 2023
Safe and Supported: The National Framework for Protecting Australia's Children 2021 - 2031
Australian Human Rights Commission on Australia’s approach to child justice and wellbeing
Commission for Children and Young People Inquiry into the adequacy of the provision of residential care services to Victorian children and young people who have been subject to sexual abuse or sexual exploitation whilst residing in residential care.
“...as a good parent would...” CCYP, August 2015

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As an FCAV member you have access to free advocacy, support & information. Your membership is instrumental to our strength, ensuring a better Victorian system for our carers, children & young people.
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The Foster Care Association of Victoria acknowledges the unceded sovereignty of the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation on whose land we live and work. We acknowledge the continued connection to Country including lands cultural knowledges and their peoples and pay respect to Elders past and present. We are the united voice and advocate for all foster carers across Victoria and we aim to continually develop our knowledge and act with respect to First Nations sovereignty.
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