The Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs was established in November 2020 following machinery of government changes. The Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs is responsible for youth justice and child and family services including adoption, foster and kindship care. It is also the Queensland agency responsible for leading the response to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, and the National Redress Scheme.
The Department holds records relevant to people who grew up in State institutions or as wards of the State and operates the Time in Care Information Access Service (TICIAS) through Right to Information.
The TICIAS enables people who have been in Queensland institutions to receive a Time in Care report which includes:
The Time in Care Report may also include other documents such as birth certificate, school reports, medical reports, awards and photographs.