Showing the Light

While rates of teenage pregnancy have been declining in the general population, rates for young parents with experience of Out of Home Care (OOHC) and other vulnerable young people are disproportionally high and have remained stable over time. Moreover, young people with experience of the care system are more likely to parent young, their children […]
Engaging father’s: Evidence review

This report aims to set out the knowledge and implementation support that is mostly likely to be effective in changing practice to fully engage fathers in Family and Children services. Research, published between 2008-2014, linking fathers’ behaviours with children’s wellbeing is reviewed and barriers and facilitators to including fathers in services are identified. Effective approaches to father inclusion […]
Raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility in the ACT

This submission is ARACY’s response to the discussion paper regarding raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility in the ACT. ARACY supports raising the Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility (MACR) without exception on neurodevelopmental and human rights grounds, but emphasises the need for this legislative change to be coupled with evidence-based services and supports to […]