State of Tasmania
The Department of Health and Human Services succeeded the Department of Community and Health Services in 1998. Through its Children and Youth Services program the Department ran child and youth welfare services, including out of home care and adoptions, in Tasmania. In 2018 the Children and Youth Services program and the department's functions regarding child and youth welfare were moved to the newly formed Department of Communities Tasmania.
1873 - 1901 Charitable Grants Department
1896 - 1901 Neglected Children's Department
1873 - 1901 Charitable Grants Department
1901 - 1918 Neglected Children's Department
1901 - 1934 Charitable Grants Department
1918 - 1935 Children of the State Department
1885 - 1903 Central Board of Health
1934 - 1961 Social Services Department
1904 - 1956 Public Health Department
1961 - 1983 Social Welfare Department
1956 - 1989 Department of Health Services
1983 - 1989 Department for Community Welfare
1989 - 1993 Department of Health
1989 - 1993 Department of Community Services
1993 - 1998 Department of Community and Health Services
1998 - Department of Health and Human Services
2018 - 2022 Department of Communities Tasmania
2022 - Department for Education, Children and Young People, Tasmanian Government
Prepared by: Cate O'Neill
Created: 12 January 2011, Last modified: 18 September 2020