The VACCA is currently
funded by the federal Department of Family Services and the Victorian
state Department of Human Services to provide assistance and support to
Aboriginal children and families who are experiencing social and
economic problems which may contribute to a breakdown in the family
structure. The VACCA also receives funding from ATSIC to deliver the
Link Up Program which assists the Stolen Generations reuniting family
members. As a community based and controlled agency, VACCA’s essential
belief is the total self-management for Aboriginal communities
throughout Victoria.
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
About VACL
The Victorian Aboriginal Corporation
for Languages was established in 1994 to address the issues
of language loss and is the state body responsible for
coordinating Community Language Programs throughout
Victoria. These programs are run in local communities that
report regularly back to VACL. The Corporation is focused on
retrieving, recording and researching Aboriginal languages
and providing a central resource on Victorian Aboriginal
Languages with programs now looking at educational tools to
teach the Indigenous community about language.
Link-Up Victoria is funded by the
Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
(OATSIH) via the Commonwealth Department of Health and
Ageing.
Link-Up Victoria was expanded
in 1998 as a response to the Bringing Them Home Report
(BTH) recommendation (30A & 30B) to address the specific
needs of the large numbers of Indigenous people
presenting to Aboriginal services who were the victims
of past government policies and practices. These
policies saw a large scale removal of Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander children from their families and
communities, often referred to as the Stolen
Generations.
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Who we are. The Save the
Tasmanian Devil Program is the official response to
the threat to the survival of the Tasmanian devil. The
Program is an initiative of the Australian and Tasmanian
governments in partnership with the University of Tasmania.
