Victorian Contacts
Adoption and permanent care provide a stable and secure family life for children who, for various reasons, cannot live with their birth family.
Contact Information - Adoption and Permanent Care Services
The following organisations offer services such as relinquishment counselling, applicant assessment, placement of children and post-placement supervision. Each non-government agency also has an Adoption and Family Records Service. Contact individual organisations for detailed information about the services they offer.
| Eastern Metropolitan Region Adoption and Permanent Care Program Department of Human Services 883 Whitehorse Road Box Hill 3128 Telephone: (03) 9843 6413 Fax: (03) 9843 6478 Email: APCeastern@dhs.vic.gov.au Eastern Suburbs |
North and West Metropolitan Region Northern Adoption and Permanent Care Program Department of Human Services 679 - 685 High Street Preston 3072 Telephone: (03) 9479 0558 Fax: (03) 9479 0537 Northern suburbs |
| Southern Region Adoption and Permanent Care Program Connections 274 High St Windsor 3181 Telephone: (03) 9521 5666 Fax: (03) 9519 6600 Southern and bayside suburbs, Dandenong, Frankston, Mornington Peninsula and surrounding areas. |
Western Adoption and Permanent Care Program Anglicare Victoria, Western Region 41 Somerville Road Yarraville 3013 Telephone: (03) 9396 7400 Fax: (03) 9689 6110 Western suburbs |
| Barwon-South Western Region Adoption and Permanent Care Program Department of Human Services 2nd Floor Cnr Little Malop & Fenwick Streets Geelong 3220 Telephone: (03) 5226 4540 Fax: (03) 5226 4550 Email: akpc_bsw@dhs.vic.gov.au Geelong, Warrnambool, Portland, Hamilton |
Gippsland Region Adoption and Permanent Care Program Anglicare Gippsland 65 Church Street Morwell 3840 Telephone: (03) 5133 9998 Fax: (03) 5133 9601 Central and Eastern Gippsland |
| Grampians Region Adoption and Permanent Care Program Child and Family Services Ballarat Ludbrook House 115 Lydiard Street Ballarat 3350 Telephone: (03) 53 373 333 Fax: (03) 53 321 724 Ballarat, Horsham, Stawell and surrounding areas |
Hume Region Adoption and Permanent Care Program Department of Human Services 163 Wellsford Street Shepparton 3630 Telephone: (03) 5832 1500 Fax: (03) 5831 1851 Shepparton, Seymour, Benalla, Wangaratta, Wodonga and surrounding areas. |
| Loddon Mallee Region Adoption and Permanent Care Program St Lukes Anglicare 175-187 Hargreaves Street Bendigo 3550 P.O.Box 315, Bendigo 3552 Telephone: (03) 5440 1100 Fax: (03) 5442 2316 Bendigo, Marybourough, Castlemaine, Echuca, Swan Hill, Mildura and surrounding areas |
Centacare Catholic Family Services 576 Victoria Parade East Melbourne. 3002 Telephone: (03) 9419 5633 Statewide service |
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Adoption and Family Records Service (A&FRS) This service provides information to people affected by previous adoptions and also assists them to find relatives from whom they have been separated by adoption. 20th floor 570 Bourke Street Melbourne. 3000 Telephone: (03) 8068 5700 or 1300 769 926 (for the cost of a local call) |
Intercountry Adoption Service Department of Human Services level 20 570 Bourke Street Melbourne. 3000 Telephone: (03) 9608 5709 |
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| Adopted Persons Origins, Advocacy and Kinship (OAK) P.O. Box 5260BB Melbourne 3001 |
Centacare Catholic Family Services 576 Victoria Parade East Melbourne 3002 Phone: (03) 9419 5633 |
| Intercountry Adoptive Parents Australian Society for Intercountry Aid (Children) (ASIAC) Victoria P.O. Box 189 Glen Waverley 3150 Telephone: (03) 9808 6613 Fax: (03) 9888 8345 |
Association of Relinquishing Mothers (Arms) Telephone: (03) 9769 0232 |
| Australian African Children's Aid and Support Association (AACASA) Vivienne O'Shannesy 339 Kooyong Road Elsternwick 3185 Telephone: 9533 0800 vivienne1@bigpond.com |
Facts International Adoption Association (FACTS) 14 Jelbart Crt Eltham 3095 Telephone: (03) 9431 2514 |
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Intercountry Adoption Resource Network (Australia) (ICARN) |
Families with Children from China - Australia (FCC) P.O. Box 792 Boronia 3155 Ph: 9560 0660 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FCC-Australia |
| International Adoptive Parent's Association (IAPA) Adoption Coordinator Lynette Kramer Halprin lyn.len@bigpond.net.au P.O. Box 3127 Ripponlea, 3185 |
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| Victorian Adoption Network for Information and Self-Help (VANISH) 199 Cardigan Street Carlton 3053 Telephone: (03) 9348 2111 Freecall: 1800 334 043 email: vanish@vicnet.net.au |
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There are currently many support groups in metropolitan and country Victoria for people affected by adoption issues. Contact VANISH for information about groups in your local area.
Resources
National Relay Service - a phone solution for people who are deaf or have a hearing or speech impairment.
For help go to the website http://www.relayservice.com.au or phone 1800 555 660