Partnerships & Networks
Southern Homelessness Services Network (SHSN)
The SHSN comprises all funded Specialist Homelessness Services in the Southern Region including services providing crisis, transitional, family violence and youth support and accommodation. The SHSN is a resource for the homelessness sector in the South.
Southern Homelessness Services Network
Southern Melbourne Child & Family Alliance
The Southern Melbourne Child and Family Alliance (SMCFA) is a partnership comprised of 12 core-funded Integrated Family Services (IFS) and Family Preservation, Reunification and Response (FPRR) providers, who work in cooperation with the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH), Child Protection (CP), Family Safety Victoria (FSV) and other services within the Southern Melbourne region.
Southern Melbourne Child & Family Alliance
Promoting Respect & Equity Together (PRET) – Southern Melbourne
PRET is the second regional strategy for the primary prevention of gendered violence. It was developed in partnership with over 38 organisation’s across the Southern Metropolitan Region and follows on from the work of the first regional strategy, Preventing Violence Together 2016 – 2021.
Promoting Respect & Equity Together
Dhelk Dja: Safe Our Way – Strong Culture, Strong Peoples, Strong Families
The Dhelk Dja 3 Year Action Plan represents the collective knowledge, strength, and voices of Victorian Aboriginal communities to support Dhelk Dja’s vision of Aboriginal people who are culturally strong, safe and self-determining, with families and communities living free from violence.
Region Contacts:
Sam Lampard – Team Leader, Regional Governance & Engagement, Eastern and Southern Regions, Family Safety Victoria
Dan Laws – Dhelk Dja Chairperson South Metropolitan Region