About us
Department of Children and Families was established by the Northern Territory (NT) Government on 10 September 2024.
Department of Children and Families is a multi-functional human services and community-focused agency that works to provide responsive, safe and quality services and programs that empower communities and improve social outcomes for Territorians.
Our agency includes the following divisions:
- Child protection
- Family responsibility agreements and orders
- Out of home care
- Children and families policy and services
- Family violence services
- Prevention of domestic, family and sexual violence
- Family and parent support services
- Homelessness services
- Whole of government children’s policy
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Our minister
Our annual reports
View annual reports for the agency prior to it being established.
Our strategic plan
As a department, our vision is for Connected Communities | Thriving Places | Empowered Territorians. Our strategic plan 2021-2025 sets out how we will achieve this through defining our strategic direction, priorities and key deliverables for 2021-2025.
Accompanying our strategic plan is our action plan 2021-22 comprising of 81 key actions for the 2021-22 period. Our action plan will be refreshed annually for the span of our strategic plan. The agency is committed to reporting publicly on its performance against these actions every six months.
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