Early Childhood Intervention Services (ECIS) support children with a disability or developmental delay from birth to school entry and their families. ECIS provides special education, therapy, counselling, service planning and coordination, assistance and support to access services such as kindergarten and child care.

http://www.education.vic.gov.au...

http://www.education.vic.gov.au/ecsmanagement/intervention/default.htm

Placements for children with relatives, foster parents or in residential care facilities are called out-of-home care placements.

http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au...

http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/for-individuals/children,-families-and-young-people/kinship-foster-and-other-care