Action description:
This initiative will co-design, deliver, and evaluate Indigenous-led, place-based, and trauma-aware healing initiatives for Indigenous victims and survivors of child sexual abuse and their families, across five locations in Australia, as part of the first phase of Commonwealth funding under the National Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Child Sexual Abuse 2021-2030.
Priority reform:
All
Outcome:
Outcome 12
Outcome 13
Outcome 14
Status:
Existing
Is this Indigenous specific?:
Yes
Indicators:
Rates of substantiation of a notification by type of abuse including emotional abuse and neglect and physical abuse and sexual abuse (Outcome 12), Rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children entering out-of-home care and receiving protection orders where family violence is indicated, Rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child protection substantiations related to family violence (Outcome 13), Proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people reporting experiencing psychological distress (Outcome14)
Responsible Ministers:
Minister for Indigenous Australians
Resourcing:
$10.9 million (2021-2025). this includes 8.8m to co-design, deliver and evaluate imitative.
Delivery timeframe:
Dec-2025
Agency:
National Indigenous Australians Agency