Our Way and Changing Tracks

A generational strategy and first action plan for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families

Our Way: A generational strategy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families 2017-2037 is the 20 year strategy to address the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families in the child protection system in Queensland.

Changing Tracks 2020–2022: An action plan for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families (PDF), is the second of 7 consecutive action plans over the life of the strategy, designed to create a system that recognises and builds on the strengths and resilience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families, communities and culture.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships and the former Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services worked in close partnership with Family Matters Queensland to develop Our Way and Changing Tracks.

Background

Supporting Families Changing Futures is a reform program that builds on the commitments and progress of the Queensland Government and partner organisations to implement the recommendations of the 2013 Queensland Child Protection Commission of Inquiry.

Key priorities in Supporting Families Changing Futures include responding differently to the over-representation of vulnerable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families in the statutory child protection system, reducing child and youth sexual abuse, and closing the gaps in life outcomes.

Supporting Families Changing Futures is committed to the development and delivery of an action plan for vulnerable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families. Our Way and Changing Tracks support the strategic direction of the Supporting Families Changing Futures reform program to meet the needs and requirements of Queensland's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, families and communities.

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