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Tasmania - Organisation

Kiah Family Group Home (1985 - c. 2000)

From
1985
To
c. 2000
Categories
Family Group Home, Government-run, Home and Temporary Care

Kiah Family Group Home, run by the government, opened in 1985. It was in Glenorchy. The Home provided temporary accommodation to children who were wards of state or supervised in other ways by the Department of Community Services and its successors. Kiah closed around 2000.

Details

A married woman managed Kiah Family Group Home with the assistance of her husband, who was in paid employment outside the Home. In return, they did not pay rent.

The Home provided accommodation for new wards of the state or children on remand from the courts until the Department found a more permanent placement for them. It also took in children requiring temporary accommodation or in transit between homes. Some children stayed in the home longer if they got on well with the foster parent.

Location

1985 - c. 2000
Location - Kiah Family Group Home was in Weston Place, Glenorchy. Location: Glenorchy

Publications

Reports

  • Department for Community Welfare: annual report for the year ended 30 June 1988, Department for Community Welfare, Hobart, 1988. Details
  • Ombudsman Tasmania, Review of claims of abuse from adults in state care as children - Final Report - Phase 2, June 2006. Also available at https://stors.tas.gov.au/au-7-0057-00034. Details

Sources used to compile this entry: Department for Community Welfare: annual report for the year ended 30 June 1988, Department for Community Welfare, Hobart, 1988; Ombudsman Tasmania, Review of claims of abuse from adults in state care as children - Final Report - Phase 2, June 2006. Also available at https://stors.tas.gov.au/au-7-0057-00034.

Prepared by: Caroline Evans