'Crossover kids': Offending by child protection-involved youth
Report— 14 January 2020
This report find that young offenders with child protection backgrounds engage in more serious offending and from a younger age than other children.
Young people
National Indigenous Youth Empowerment Summit
Conference— 17 December 2019
Event dates: 25–28 February 2020, Cairns, Qld.
South Australia's Outcomes Framework for Children and Young People: Every young South Australian counts
Resources— 12 December 2019
This framework sets out a plan for monitoring the outcomes of children and young people in South Australia.
Story of our children and young people: Northern Territory 2019
Report— 10 December 2019
This report profiles the wellbeing of children in the Northern Territory, from the antenatal period to young adulthood.
Mission Australia youth survey report 2019
Report— 10 December 2019
This report presents findings of a survey that asked young people about their concerns, future plans, and who they turn to for advice and support.
In our own words: Systemic inquiry into the lived experience of children and young people in the Victorian out-of-home care system
Report— 28 November 2019
This report highlights young people's views on life in out-of-home care in Victoria.
'Every client has a trauma history': Teaching respectful relationships to marginalised youth
Report— 14 November 2019
This report presents findings from a research evaluation of a one-year program run by NAPCAN in the Northern Territory.
Lost, not forgotten: Inquiry into children who died by suicide and were known to child protection
Report— 14 November 2019
This inquiry report identifies systemic failures in the cases of suicide of 35 young people in Victoria.
How Australia can invest in children and return more: A new look at the $15b cost of late action
Report— 29 October 2019
This report highlights the economic cost of preventable, late invention for children.
NSW child protection reports involving children with teenage parents in 2016–17
Report— 22 October 2019
This report highlights the vulnerabilities of children with teenage parents, who are a small but important cohort reported to child protection.
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