Church of Christ Emergency Child Care (1980–81)

Church of Christ Emergency Child Care history in brief

In 1980, the Ascot Vale Church of Christ Emergency Child Care Centre created a Temporary Residential Care Facility at, 76 St Leonards Road, Ascot Vale.

It was not financially viable and around 1981 it ceased operating.

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Source

Voluntary children’s homes files, Victorian public record series 18069 / P0001.

List of records held by the department

For information relating to the central management of care leavers and wards of state, please consult the guide to Central department wardship and out-of-home care records. These collections date back to the 1860s and include ward registers, index cards and ward files.

Voluntary children’s homes files (c.1930–85)

File; Permanent VPRS Number 18069 / P0001

Content: The files record interaction between the various voluntary homes and the government. This filing system was created in 1975, combining earlier correspondence and other records to create one system with VH prefixes.

The specific file relating to Ascot Vale Temporary Residential Care Facility is from 1980 and includes:

File VH-118-80

• explanation of Department of Community Welfare Services Act 1978 provisions
• discussion paper about a temporary emergency child care facility, 1980
• report from Ascot Vale church of Christ, copies of forms, proposal and background history paper, 1980
• submission of registration of an application as a children’s home for the Ascot Vale Church of Christ emergency child care centre, with supporting documentation, 1980–81.