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Department of Family and Community Services (New South Wales)

Field	Value
agency_name	Department of Family and Community Services
type	Department
logo	NSW_Department_of_Family_and_Community_Services.jpg
logo_width	200px
jurisdiction	New South Wales
headquarters	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
preceding1	Community Services NSW
preceding2	Department of Human Services
preceding3	Department of Community Services
dissolved
superseding1	Department of Communities and Justice
minister1_name	Hon. Pru Goward
minister1_pfo
Minister for Family and Community Services, Minister for Social Housing, and Minister for Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
minister2_name	Hon. Tanya Davies
minister2_pfo
Minister for Ageing
minister3_name	Hon. Ray Williams
minister3_pfo	Minister for Disability Services and Minister for Multiculturalism
chief1_name	Michael Coutts-Trotter
chief1_position
Secretary
website

Minister for Family and Community Services, Minister for Social Housing, and Minister for Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Minister for Ageing Secretary The Department of Family and Community Services (FACS) is a former department of the Government of New South Wales and was previously responsible for the delivery of services to some of the most disadvantaged individuals, families and communities in the state of New South Wales, Australia until July 2019.

From its establishment in 2009 until the election of the O'Farrell Government in 2011, the department was known as the Department of Human Services.

Until its 2019 abolition, the department provided services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, children and young people, families, people who are homeless, people with a disability, their families and carers, women, and older people. It was formed as a cluster agency from the former Department of Housing, Department of Community Services, and the Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care.

The functions of the department, along with broader responsibilities, were transferred to the newly formed Department of Communities and Justice with effect from 1 July 2019.

Structure

Until its abolition, the department was led by its Secretary, Michael Coutts-Trotter, who reported to the Minister for Family and Community Services, Minister for Social Housing, and Minister for Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, the Hon. Pru Goward ; the Minister for Ageing, the Hon. Tanya Davies ; and the Minister for Disability Services and Minister for Multiculturalism, the Hon. Ray Williams . Ultimately the ministers were responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.

Agencies within FACS included:

Ageing, Disability and Home Care including the Office for Ageing :*Disability Council of New South Wales :Home and Community Care Program Advisory Committee : Home Care Service of New South Wales :*NSW Businesslink Pty Ltd
Community Services NSW, previously known as the Department of Community Services (DoCS)
Housing NSW :* Aboriginal Housing Office, a statutory body :City West Housing Pty Ltd : Home Purchase Assistance Fund

Funding of homelessness services

During the mid-1970s in Australia, a number of youth refuges were established in New South Wales. These refuges were founded by local youth workers, providing crisis accommodation, soon began getting funding from the NSW Government. These early refuges include Caretakers Cottage, Young People's Refuge, Taldemunde among others.

In 2012, Minister Pru Goward announced a comprehensive reforms affecting the funding of homelessness services. The reform, known a "Going Home Staying Home", sought to shift funding from historical agreements to census based allocations.

References

"Department of Human Services (2009–2011) / Department of Family and Community Services [II] (2011–2019) (01-07-2009 to 01-07-2019)".
(2 April 2019). "Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes—Public Service Agencies) Order 2019 [NSW]".
"We're here to help with housing".
Coffey, Michael. [http://www.drbilldayanthropologist.com/resources/Freedom%20to%20Sleep.pdf "What Ever Happened to the Revolution? Activism and the Early Days of Youth Refuges in NSW."] ''Parity''. Volume 19, Issue 10. Another Country: Histories of Homelessness. Council to Homeless Persons. (2006): 23–25.
"We're here to help with housing".

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