Supporting the specialist family violence service system
What are we doing? The Victorian government continues to support the specialist family violence service system to provide coordinated, best practice service responses for victim…
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Primary Prevention Behaviour Change Campaigns
What are we doing? The Victorian Government continues to invest in the development and delivery of behaviour change campaigns and related initiatives to change the…
Primary Prevention Data Platform
What are we doing? Victoria is developing a comprehensive and coordinated Primary Prevention Data Platform, to drive evidence, outcomes and monitoring in family violence prevention.…
Respectful Relationships
What are we doing? The Respectful Relationships initiative supports schools and early childhood settings to promote and model respect, positive attitudes and behaviours. It teaches…
Perpetrator Interventions in the Justice System
What are we doing? Recommendation 87 of Victoria’s Royal Commission into Family Violence relates to research, trialling and evaluation of interventions for perpetrators of family…
Specialist Family Violence Courts and Family Violence Contact Centre
What are we doing? Specialist Family Violence Courts (SFVCs) To progress Recommendation 60 of Victoria’s Royal Commission into Family Violence (RCFV), the Magistrates’ Court Act…
Workplace Equality and Respect in the public sector
What are we doing? The Victorian Government provided $435,000 in 2019-2020 to fund the implementation of the Workplace Equality and Respect (WER) program in Victorian…
Raise It! Conversation Starter Toolkits
What are we doing? The Victorian Government provided $250,000 in 2018-19 to fund Raise It!, a program to prepare and pilot workplace education and training…
Free from Violence – First Action Plan 2018–2021; and building the capacity of diverse communities
What are we doing? The Free from violence First Action Plan 2018-2021 commits government to five priority areas to prevent family violence: 1. build prevention…
Gender Equality Act 2020
What are we doing? The Victorian Government has introduced the Gender Equality Act 2020 (Act), which was a founding reform of Safe and Strong: A…
Therapeutic responses
What are we doing? Therapeutic response initiatives provide specialist support to victim survivors of family violence and sexual assault to assist them to understand the…
The Orange Door
What are we doing? The Orange Door is a new way for women, children and young people experiencing family violence and families in need of…
Sexual Assault Support Services
What are we doing? The Victorian Government funds 19 services state-wide, including 14 Centres Against Sexual Assault (CASAs), to provide support services to children, young…
Risk assessment and management
What are we doing? The Family Violence Multi Agency Risk Assessment and Management Framework (MARAM) aims to ensure professionals and services across the system have…
Refuges / housing
What are we doing? The Victorian Government is phasing out communal refuges and moving towards a ‘core and cluster’ model including building two new Aboriginal…
Strengthened perpetrator interventions
What are we doing? Victoria is providing significant support for interventions that seek to change and challenge violent behaviour, keep perpetrators in view and hold…
Everybody Matters: Inclusion and Equity Statement
What are we doing? Everybody Matters: Inclusion and Equity Statement sets out the Victorian Government’s ten-year commitment to building a family violence system that is…
Dhelk Dja: Safe Our Way – Strong Culture, Strong People, Strong Families
What are we doing? This is an Aboriginal-led Victorian Agreement that commits the partners to work together and be accountable for ensuring that Aboriginal people,…
Central Information Point
What are we doing? The Central Information Point (CIP) is a unique and targeted cross government information sharing service to improve access to risk-relevant information…
Building from strength
What are we doing? Building from Strength – 10-Year Industry Plan for Family Violence Prevention and Response was released in 2017 and sets out the…