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South Australia - Organisation

Family and Youth Services, Department of Human Services (1998 - 2004)

South Australian Government

From
1998
To
2004
Categories
Care Provider, Government Agency and Government Department
Alternative Names
  • FAYS (Acronym)

Family and Youth Services was part of the 'super department', the Department of Human Services. This department was established when a number of government departments, including the Department for Family and Community Services, were amalgamated in 1998. It was replaced by Children, Youth and Family Services in a newly created Department for Families and Communities in 2004.

Timeline

 1849 - 1886 Destitute Board
 1849 - 1910 Destitute Poor Department
 1849 - 1910 Destitute Poor Department
       1866 - 1912 Aborigines Office
       1886 - 1927 State Children's Department
       1886 - 1927 State Children's Council
       1910 - 1927 Destitute Persons' Department
             1912 - 1962 Aborigines Department
             1927 - 1966 Children's Welfare and Public Relief Board
             1927 - 1966 Children's Welfare and Public Relief Department
                   1963 - 1970 Department of Aboriginal Affairs
                   1966 - 1970 Department of Social Welfare
                         1970 - 1972 Department of Social Welfare and Aboriginal Affairs
                               1972 - 1990 Department for Community Welfare
                                     1990 - 1998 Department for Family and Community Services
                                           1998 - 2004 Family and Youth Services, Department of Human Services
                                                 2004 - 2006 Children, Youth and Family Services, Department for Families and Communities
                                                       2006 - 2011 Families SA, Department for Families and Communities
                                                             2011 - 2016 Families SA, Department for Education and Child Development
                                                             2011 - 2018 Department for Communities and Social Inclusion
                                                                   2016 - Department for Child Protection
                                                                   2018 - Department of Human Services

Prepared by: Karen George and Gary George