The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle Indicators 2018-19: measuring progress
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Topic: Child protection
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AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) (2020) The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle Indicators 2018-19: measuring progress, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 24 June 2026, doi:10.25816/4g1s-z040.
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The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle (ATSICPP) is a framework designed to promote policy and practice that will reduce the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the child protection system. This report brings together the latest state and territory data on 5 ATSICPP indicators that measure and track the application of the Placement and Connection elements of the ATSICPP.
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-763-9
- DOI: 10.25816/4g1s-z040
- Cat. no: CWS 77
- Pages: 32
Findings from this report:
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63% of Indigenous children in out-of-home care were living with family or Indigenous caregivers
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77% of Indigenous children in out-of-home care had current, documented and approved cultural support plans
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19% of Indigenous children in out-of-home care during 2018–19 were reunified with family
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82% of Indigenous children reunified during 2017–18 did not return to out-of-home care in the following 12 months