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Families, young people and individuals are facing intensifying pressures rooted in structural inequities across housing, financial security, social services and community infrastructure. These pressures are increasing demand for crisis responses, overwhelming frontline systems and undermining the aims of Victoria’s major reform agendas.

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With the Victorian Government progressing much-needed reforms across the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector, in late 2025, Uniting made a submission to the Inquiry into the ECEC sector …
A recent evaluation of our Family Preservation and Reunification Program (FPR) has found strong evidence that the program is making a meaningful …
Emergency relief services are a vital component of Australia’s social safety net, providing essential food and material aid to individuals and families …
As leaders of some of Australia’s largest not-for-profit early learning providers, we welcome the National Law changes being considered by the Victorian …
A recent Uniting study shows almost two-thirds of families supported by our family services were experiencing family violence when they began receiving …
During Anti-Poverty Week, Uniting is urging the Federal Government to raise income support payments and increase affordable housing to better support Australians …
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