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Therapeutic Residential Care
Where Aboriginal children are not able to live safely with their family, they may be cared for in our Therapeutic Residential Care homes with our support workers. What we offer A home... -
Therapeutic Residential Care Worker
Therapeutic Residential Care Workers engage with the children and young people in our residential care houses to develop a nurturing and positive relationship and support healing, emotional... -
Cultural Therapeutic Ways - our approach
Cultural Therapeutic Ways (CTW) guides the way that we work at VACCA. It provides an Aboriginal lens linking practice and outcomes. This means that we prioritise Aboriginal ways of doing while we... -
Practitioner
Practitioners provide outreach support services to clients using evidence-based and trauma-informed risk assessment frameworks and intervention techniques. They are trained in child development and... -
Aboriginal Children's Healing Team
The Aboriginal Children's Healing Team (ACHT) is a culturally led, multidisciplinary therapeutic social and emotional wellbeing team. The ACHT has led the development of trauma-informed practice... -
16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence
16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is a global campaign which runs every year from 25 November (the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women) to 10 December... -
Healing Team
This team provides specialist therapeutic support for Aboriginal children in care across our programs. What we offer Education, training and professional development to carers, care teams and... -
Residential Care
VACCA’s Residential Care program provides therapeutic care and support for Aboriginal children who are unable to live with their parents. Children in our Residential Care program are... -
Family Violence Resources
VACCA provides culturally safe family violence programs for youth and adults Our programs range from individual and family holistic therapeutic services to individual case management for persons... -
It's What You Don't See
The #itswhatyoudontsee campaign was launched in 2018 to raise awareness about family violence and its impact on Aboriginal children. These four short videos focus on one Aboriginal family and... -
Koorie Kids Stay @ School
The program helps young Aboriginal people aged 10-16 to stay at school. VACCA will work with you, your family and your school to help you take part in and achieve at school. What we offer An... -
Yarn Safe
Our Yarn Safe video is designed for mainstream family violence and universal community services practitioners and organisations who support and work alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander... -
VACCA recognised in 2019 Victorian Protecting Children...
Date: Tuesday 27 August 2019 The Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA) proudly announces that our Nugel (Aboriginal Guardianship) program and much respected employee Sue-Anne Hunter have... -
Inquiry into Victorian Government's Response to the...
In July 2020, VACCA submitted a paper to the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee Inquiry into the Victorian Governments Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Our submission is based on staff... -
Family Violence
VACCA is the largest provider of family violence services supporting Aboriginal families and community in Victoria. Our extensive experience in delivering programs to Aboriginal families affected by... -
Celebrating International Women's Day 2020 at VACCA
This International Women's Day we celebrate all the strong, proud and deadly women who shape our lives, strengthen our communities and fight for our rights through highlighting a few amazing... -
Keeping Them in Sight - joint statement on the Out of Sight...
In our community, it is never acceptable for any child in out-of-home care to not receive the support and services they need, when they need them. For the Aboriginal community-controlled and child... -
Out-of-Home Care Support
We support and advocate for Aboriginal children to live with their families, but where this is not possible, we provide Foster Care, Kinship Care and Residential Care homes for Aboriginal children so... -
VACCA's Victorian Election Platform
VACCA’s Election Platform calls all political parties to prioritise Victoria’s commitments under the National Agreement on Closing the Gap including all targets and priority reform areas.... -
Support at every step
Becoming a Foster Carer is a rewarding and life-changing experience, for both you and the child or children in your care. Like all life-changing journeys, it can be tricky to know how to start!... -
Who can become a foster carer
When it comes to foster care it is not a one size fits all approach. We encourage people from different backgrounds, experiences and family types to consider becoming a foster carer. Our... -
Aboriginal Sexual Assault Healing
Our Aboriginal Sexual Assault Healing program helps all mob who have experienced sexual abuse and are looking for a culturally grounded approach that supports their healing. Who is this... -
New Fund To Support Aboriginal Family Violence Sector
Media Release in response to https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/new-fund-support-aboriginal-family-violence-sector 24 September 2020 The Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA)... -
UN Human rights session calls on Canberra to raise age of...
Media Statement 21 January 2021 UN Human rights session calls on Canberra to raise age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14 According to The Guardian today over 30 countries at a UN human... -
VACCA Awarded in 2019 Victorian Protecting Children Awards
We are proud to announce that our Nugel program was awarded the Minister's Award for Innovation in Protecting Children at the 2019 Victorian Protecting Children Awards last week. -
Progress for Truth Telling, more is needed
July 5, 2022 VACCA welcomes the release of Yoorrook Justice Commission’s Interim Report and announcement that they will open its truth telling processes to all Aboriginal Victorians and... -
Aboriginal cultural safety not prioritised in the Final...
Media Statement 2 March 2021 Many Aboriginal people and their families continue to experience poor mental health and wellbeing due to the long-lasting impacts... -
Foster Care
Foster care at VACCA is a way of providing culturally safe homes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people who cannot live with their birth families. It is VACCA’s... -
COVID Vaccines Rapped!
Vaccine hesitancy was identified as an issue for some of our Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA) community in Gippsland. We came up with an idea to write and make a rap song and video... -
VACCA joins Voices at the Top for 10th National SNAICC...
VACCA staff have joined more than 1600 delegates on Larrakia Country in the Northern Territory for the 10th National SNAICC Conference. The 3-day conference provides an opportunity for the sector to... -
It's time to #RaiseTheAge
As many families prepare for their children to return to school after the summer holidays, we must also reflect on the harsh realities many Aboriginal children face. Our children are meant to be going... -
'My mob is telling their story and it makes me feel...
Republished from The Conversation on 22 October 2019 'My mob is telling their story and it makes me feel good': here's what Aboriginal survivors of child sexual abuse told us they... -
Statement from the VACCA CEO on Ombudsman Report
Statement from VACCA CEO Better models of Residential Care long overdue The Victorian Ombudsman report into assaults perpetrated against children living in residential care, tabled in the Victorian... -
Walking back commitment to raising the age is walking away...
14 AUGUST 2024 The Victorian Aboriginal Child and Community Agency (VACCA) is deeply disappointed by the Victorian Government’s decision to walk back a commitment to raise the age of criminal... -
Nugel
The Nugel Program is the first of its kind in Australia where an Aboriginal organisation is taking full responsibility for Aboriginal children and young people on Children's Court protection... -
VACCA's Response to the Victorian Government State...
25 November 2020 We at VACCA work tirelessly to ensure Victoria is a fairer place for Aboriginal children and families. We commend the Victorian Government for their commitment towards and investment... -
Cultural Connection at Centre of Supported Housing Project...
22 JULY 2024 The Victorian Aboriginal Child and Community Agency (VACCA) are pleased to announce the launch of Moorumbina Mongurnallin, a culturally safe, supported accommodation program for... -
Celebrating our achievements: Wrap up 2019
As we wrap up another year at VACCA, now is the perfect time to reflect on what we have achieved throughout 2019. It has been a year of countless achievements and we look forward to the new year... -
16 Days Of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence
16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence is an annual campaign run by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership, it calls for action to end gender-based violence in our communities.... -
Better Futures
Better Futures helps young mob in care services transition into independent living. Who is this program for? Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander young people, from 15 years and 9... -
Lubly Consent
In 2022, the Victorian Government passed the Justice Legislation Amendment (Sexual Offences and Other Matters) Bill which included amendments for an affirmative consent model and provided better... -
Inaugural funding boost to support family violence research
Inaugural funding boost to support family violence research 11 August 2022 VACCA welcomes the recent State Government announcement of an inaugural Family Violence Research Grant to support family... -
VACCA expands services and celebrates official opening of...
26 November 2019 The Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA) has expanded its services within the Ovens Murray region with a new office in Wangaratta. To celebrate, the community is...
