Adoption and Permanent Care Teams & Contacts

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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
• North and West Metropolitan Region
• • Northern
  • Western
• Southern Region
• Barwon-South Western Region
• Gippsland Region
• Grampians Region
• Hume Region
• Loddon Mallee Region
• Centacare Catholic Family Services

• Adoption and Family Records Service (A&FRS)
• Intercountry Adoption Service

• Adoptive Families Association of Victoria
• Adopted Persons / Origins, Advocacy and Kinship (OAK)
• Intercountry Adoptive Parents / Australian Society for Intercountry Aid (Children) (ASIAC) Victoria
• Australian African Children's Aid and Support Association (AACASA)
• Intercountry Adoption Resource Network (Australia) (ICARN)
• Centacare Catholic Family Services
• Association of Relinquishing Mothers (Arms)
• Facts International Adoption Association (FACTS)
• Families with Children from China - Australia (FCC)
• International Adoptive Parent's Association (IAPA)

• Victorian Adoption Network for Information and Self-Help (VANISH)

General

Adoption and Permanent Care Program
Department of Human Services
883 Whitehorse Road
Box Hill 3128
Telephone: (03) 9843 6413
Fax: (03) 9483 6478
Email: APCeastern@dhs.vic.gov.au

Eastern Suburbs

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.

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

Adoption and Permanent Care Program
Child and Family Services Ballarat
Ludbrook House
115 Lydiard Street
Ballarat 3350
Telephone: (03) 5332 1434
Fax: (03) 5332 1724

Ballarat, Horsham, Stawell and surrounding areas

Adoption and Permanent Care Program
St Lukes Anglicare
175-187 Hargreaves Street
Bendigo 3550
P.O.Box 315, Bendigo 3552
Telephone: (03) 5440 1199
Fax: (03) 5442 2316

Bendigo, Marybourough, Castlemaine, Echuca, Swan Hill, Mildura and surrounding areas

Adoption and Permanent Care Program
Department of Human Services
4 Hartington Street
Glenroy 3046
Telephone: (03) 9304 0799
Fax: (03) 9300 3872

Northern suburbs

Adoption and Permanent Care Program
Anglicare Western
41 Somerville Road
Yarraville 3013
Telephone: (03) 9687 5200
Fax: (03) 9689 6110

Western suburbs

Adoption and Permanent Care Program
Anglicare Gippsland
65 Church Street
Morwell 3840
Telephone: (03) 5133 9998
Fax: (03) 5133 9601

Central and Eastern Gippsland

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.

576 Victoria Parade
East Melbourne. 3002
Telephone: (03) 9419 5633

Statewide

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) 8608 5700 or 1300 769 926 (for the cost of a local call)

Department of Human Services
level 20
570 Bourke Street
Melbourne. 3000
Telephone: (03) 8608 5700

Self-Help and Support Groups

afav@vicnet.net.au http://home.vicnet.net.au/~afav/

P.O. Box 5260BB
Melbourne 3001

Telephone: (03) 9769 0232

P.O. Box 189
Glen Waverley 3150
Telephone: (03) 9808 6613
Fax: (03) 9888 8345

14 Jelbart Crt
Eltham 3095
Telephone: (03) 9431 2514

Vivienne O'Shannesy
239 Hotham Street
Elsternwick 3185
Ph: 9531 6402

P.O. Box 792
Boronia 3155
Ph: 9560 0660
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FCC-Australia

Box 12238
A'Beckett Street
Melbourne. 3001
Telephone: (03) 9439 2418

Adoption Coordinator
Lynette Kramer Halprin
lyn.len@bigpond.net.au
P.O. Box 3127
Ripponlea, 3185

Other

199 Cardigan Street
Carlton 3053
Telephone: (03) 9348 2111
Freecall: 1800 334 043
Email: vanish@vicnet.net.au

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.