Galilee Inc. was established in the suburb of Pearce in around 1987. Its services included alternative education and living skills development programs, support, advocacy and assistance for young people dealing with homelessness. Galilee Inc. administered a foster care program for children and young people up to age 18. In 2011, Galilee Inc. merged with community services organisation Communities@Work.
After Galilee Inc merged with Communities@Work in 2011, the name Galilee was retained for its foster care program.
In 2002, the out-of-home care programs of Open Family Canberra were incorporated into Galilee Inc., when Open Family ceased to operate in the ACT.
Sources used to compile this entry: Galilee - care that creates futures, Galilee, 2011, http://web.archive.org/web/20091029043019/http://galilee.org.au/; Edwards, Laura, 'Foster-care chief slams bullying claims', CityNews.com.au, CityNews.com.au is the website of the weekly news magazine Canberra CityNews., Canberra CityNews, 29 August 2012, http://citynews.com.au/2012/foster-care-chief-slams-bullying-claims/; Our History, Communities@Work website, Communities@Work, https://commsatwork.org/our-history; According to the web page, http://www.ourcommunity.com.au/directories/listing?id=25578, accessed in January 2014, Galilee's out-of-home care services began in 1987.
Prepared by: Lydia Connell and Ann McCarthy
Created: 20 June 2011, Last modified: 20 January 2014
Last updated: 4 August 2023
Cite this: https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/ref/act/biogs/AE00030b.htm
First published by the Find & Connect Web Resource Project for the Commonwealth of Australia, 2011
Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License