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Major parties challenged to match...
February 19, 2026 The national Home Stretch campaign has called on both major parties to match the rest of the country on the support it gives the state’s most disadvantaged young people, as the South Australian election looms. The release of new analysis by Deloitte Access Economics at an event in Adelaide today shows the move would save … Continue reading "Major parties challenged to match other states on child welfare ahead of South Australian election"... read more » -
Changing the future for care...
December 15, 2025 In the last sitting week of the year, the Victorian Government made a historic announcement that will change the lives of children and young people in out-of-home care and those transitioning out of it.... read more » -
How we achieved “the most...
September 26, 2024 Read Paul McDonald's article posted in the Australian Journal of Social Issues on the significant Australian child welfare reform. ... read more » -
ACT legislates life-changing,...
June 27, 2024 The Home Stretch campaign has congratulated the Barr Government for being the first jurisdiction to successfully legislate extended support for young people in state care to the age of 21.... read more » -
Push for increased housing and...
June 20, 2023 Growing up in the foster care system, Jasmine was at its mercy when she became an "adult" on her 18th birthday. Read her story to learn about her challenge to navigate the world after care... read more » -
Foster care sector celebrates...
June 20, 2023 Every state and territory government in Australia has now agreed to provide vulnerable young people in foster care with support to the age of 21 years.... read more » -
Australian child welfare reform...
November 15, 2022 The OECD has invited Home Stretch Chair Paul McDonald and Monash University Professor Philip Mendes to present on the subject to world-leading researchers and practitioners this evening... read more » -
NSW Government commitment locks in...
November 6, 2022 NSW extends care to 21! A landmark commitment by the Perrottet Government in New South Wales to extend state care (foster care) from the age of 18 to 21... read more » -
A national approach to extended...
September 21, 2022 Foster carers and experts from Australia and overseas will use an international conference this Friday to stress the importance of extended care to the New South Wales Government... read more »
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