Find & Connect Support Services
January 3, 2024
|By David McGinniss
The Commonwealth Department of Social Services (DSS) directly funds organisations in each State and Territory to provide ‘specialist trauma informed counselling, referral services, peer support, education and social support programs’ for people who had been in out-of-home Care before 1990. It also funds the ‘Find and Connect’ web resource that provides detailed and up-to-date information about historical organisations and facilities around Australia, and three ‘Find and Connect Representative Organisations’ whose role is to ‘present consolidated views and advice’ to the Government and the broader community sector. The overall program is funded until 30 June 2026.