Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study (POCLS): the outcomes of children and young people in out-of-home care

Project Member(s): Libesman, T.

Funding or Partner Organisation: Department of Communities and Justice (Department of Communities and Justice (Justice Strategy and Policy))
Department of Communities and Justice (Department of Communities and Justice (Justice Strategy and Policy))

Start year: 2023

Summary: The project will be using longitudinal NSW child protection data from 2010 - 2021 to investigate the implementation of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child placement principles for Aboriginal children in Out-of-Home Care (OOHC) and for children placed on final order who are not restored to their Aboriginal parent/s. The project will also study continuity of cultural contact for Aboriginal children and young people in OOHC or who are placed on final orders with third parties.

FOR Codes: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing, Public law, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community services, Justice and the law

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.