Family Information, Networks and Discovery (FIND) was a unit within the Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) that assisted persons who were born or adopted in Victoria to access information and records about their adoption. FIND was formerly known as the Adoption and Family Records Service. FIND also offered the supported release of former…
Anglicare Victoria was formed in 1997 following the amalgamation of three Anglican child and family welfare agencies – the Mission of St James and St John, St John’s Homes for Boys and Girls and the Mission to the Streets and Lanes. At its establishment it carried on the work of providing care and support services…
Adoption Jigsaw provides information and services to people who have been involved in adoption. The organisation was founded in 1978 ‘for the purpose of lobbying for legislative change and more openness in adoption.’ Since 1979, Adoption Jigsaw has had a confidential ‘Contact Register’ for people wishing to make contact with other parties to the adoption…
Adoption Services is a section of Child Protection and Family Support within the Department of Communities. Its purpose is to ensure that people who are legally able to do so can gain access to adoption records. The publication ROADS – An index of locations and access to adoption records shows that the following types of…
Adoptions – South Australia is part of the Department for Child Protection. Previously, it was called the Adoption and Family Information Service. It is the central authority in South Australia to provide adoption support, advice and access to information. In 2018, the Department for Child Protection published a Guideline, titled: ‘Provision of adoption information and…
The Adoption and Family Information Service (AFIS) was part of the Department for Education and Child Development. AFIS dealt with all issues relating to adoptions, past and present. The Service assisted people affected by past adoptions, Aboriginal people separated from family as a result of previous government policies, and former wards of state who have…
Adoption Services Queensland (ASQ) is part of the Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs, Queensland Government. ASQ is responsible for administering adoption legislation. ASQ provides services in Queensland to: parent/s considering adoption for their children children requiring adoptive placements people seeking to adopt children people seeking information about a past adoption people seeking…
Post Adoption Support, Queensland, run by the Benevolent Society, commenced operation in 2010. It receives funding from the Queensland Government Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services (Child Safety). It offers a range of services for individuals affected by adoption as well as providing resources for professionals, community forums and tailored training seminars.
Family Spirit was created in 2018 through the merger of the Marist180 and CatholicCare Sydney adoption services. Family Spirit deals with all forms of foster care and adoption and guardianship services. Family Spirit provides access to records relating to adoptions and some former Homes run by the Catholic Church.
The Post Adoption Resource Centre (PARC) was opened by the Benevolent Society of New South Wales in 1991 following the introduction of the New South Wales Adoption Information Act 1990. PARC provides information, advice, support and counselling to adopted people, birth parents and adoptive parents, and former residents of Scarba House. Initial contact with the…
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