Communities and Justice

About DCJ

DCJ is the lead agency in the Communities and Justice portfolio, which aims to create safe, just, inclusive and resilient communities through its services.

DCJ enables services to work together to support everyone's right to access justice and other help for families, and strengthen the promotion of early intervention and inclusion, with benefits for the whole community.

Our purpose is to help create a safe, just, resilient and inclusive NSW in which everyone has the opportunity to realise their potential.

Our Values

We live our values every day. They underpin our purpose and drive our approach to delivering services for the NSW community.

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Our work

We work with the community, our non-government partners and other agencies to improve outcomes for:

  • people experiencing or who have experienced domestic and family violence
  • people who have experienced sexual assault
  • young people and adults in contact with the justice system
  • people experiencing or at risk of homelessness and people in need of safe and affordable housing
  • vulnerable children and young people
  • people with disability
  • Aboriginal people, who are overrepresented across our services
  • seniors, whom we support to live active and inclusive lives
  • people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.


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Last updated:

27 Jun 2024