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Safe and Strong Families
The Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) received $13 million to deliver Safe and Strong Families, an early intervention family support program supporting both victim survivors and their children, as victims, who are experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, family violence.
Safe and Strong Families is delivered under the Targeted Earlier Invention (TEI) program and provides crucial early support for women and children experiencing or at risk of experiencing family violence.
Through Safe and Strong Families these women and children receive family capacity building including services such as advocacy, case coordination, counselling and referrals to build safety and address need. Service providers work with victim-survivors and their children for as long as required to achieve positive outcomes.
Safe and Strong Families service delivery has a strong focus on Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations (ACCOs) to ensure culturally safe and trauma informed support is available.
Safe and Strong Families will be delivered in approximately 32 sites in priority locations across NSW. Locations were selected using domestic violence crime and child protection data, to identify areas of the highest need.
Safe and Strong Families has been rolled out across multiple stages.
Stage One commenced from September 2024 with 11 Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations (ACCOs) delivering the service in 11 sites.
|
LGA/s (sites) |
DCJ District |
Service Provider |
1 |
Albury |
Murrumbidgee |
Woomera Aboriginal Corporation Albury |
2 |
Lake Macquarie |
Hunter |
Muloobinba Aboriginal Corporation |
3 |
Liverpool |
South West Sydney |
KARI Ltd |
4 |
Liverpool Plains |
New England |
Winanga-Li Aboriginal Child & Family Centre |
5 |
Maitland / Cessnock |
Hunter |
Mindaribba Local Aboriginal Land Council |
6 |
Mid-Coast |
Mid North Coast |
Biripi Aboriginal Corporation Medical Centre |
7 |
Mid-Coast |
Mid North Coast |
Tobwabba Aboriginal Medical Service |
8 |
Port Stephens |
Hunter |
Warlga Ngurra Womens and Childrens Refuge Inc |
9 |
Sydney |
Sydney |
Mudgin-gal Aboriginal Corporation |
10 |
Wagga Wagga |
Murrumbidgee |
Riverina Medical and Dental Aboriginal Corporation |
11 |
Wollongong |
Illawarra Shoalhaven |
Illawarra Aboriginal Medical Service Aboriginal Corporation |
Stage Two commenced from May 2025, with 13 providers delivering Safe and Strong Families in an additional 16 sites. Ten of these providers are ACCOs.
|
LGA/s (sites) |
DCJ District |
Service Provider |
1 |
Clarence Valley |
Northern NSW |
Gurehlgam Corporation |
2 |
Kempsey |
Mid North Coast |
Dhina Durriti Aboriginal Corporation |
3 |
Maitland/Cessnock |
Hunter Central Coast |
Bungree Aboriginal Association |
4 |
Central Coast |
Central Coast |
Gudjagang Ngara Li-Dhi Aboriginal Corporation |
5 |
Broken Hill |
Far West |
Mirrimpilyi Muurpa-nara Aboriginal Corporation |
6 |
Dubbo |
Western NSW |
Wellington Aboriginal Corporation Health Services |
7 |
Walgett |
Western NSW |
Regional Enterprise Development Institute Limited |
8 |
Bourke |
Western NSW |
|
9 |
Penrith |
Nepean Blue Mountains |
Sydney Region Aboriginal Corporation |
10 |
Shoalhaven |
Illawarra-Shoalhaven |
South Coast Women’s Health and Welfare Aboriginal Corporation (Waminda) |
11 |
Canterbury-Bankstown |
South West Sydney and Sydney District |
Mudgin-Gal Aboriginal Corporation |
12 |
Parkes |
Western NSW |
Mission Australia
|
13 |
Blacktown |
Western Sydney |
|
14 |
Cumberland |
Western Sydney |
Anglicare Sydney |
15 |
Tamworth |
New England |
The Benevolent Society
|
16 |
Moree |
New England |
Another two ACCOs were awarded funding in June 2025 under Stage Three, to deliver Safe and Strong Families in two additional sites.
|
LGA/s (sites) |
DCJ District |
Service Provider |
1 |
Campbelltown |
South West Sydney |
Tharawal Aboriginal Corporation |
2 |
Eurobodalla |
Southern NSW |
Katungul Aboriginal Corporation Regional Health and Community Services |
The remaining 3 sites are undergoing procurement, and will be finalised in late 2025.
Evaluation
DCJ has commissioned Curijo Pty Ltd, a 100% owned Aboriginal organisation, to conduct an independent process evaluation. The evaluation will assess whether Safe and Strong Families has been implemented as intended and will identify barriers to implementation and opportunities to improve design and delivery.
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