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program in the North & West and Sexual Abuse Prevention Program in Hume.
Eighty two (82) of the Take Two clients were Aboriginal.
2.6.5 Family Services
Most of our family services are delivered in the North & West region,
predominantly through our Family Violence programs (2,788 clients).
Three hundred and sixty two (362) families (and 431 children) used our
Children’s Contact Services in Watsonia, Richmond and Shepparton and we
worked intensively with another 312 families in Gippsland and Hume.
2.6.6 Foster Care & Kinship Care
Gipps ‐ 79
Hume ‐ 182
NW ‐ 121
SE ‐ 77
Our 198 carer households (217 in 2007/08; 238 in 2008/09) provided care for
459 children and young people (346 in 2008/09; 395 in 2007/08).
Thirty-eight (38) new carer households were recruited and assessed (which
is the same as the previous year).
2.6.7 Residential Care Services
Gipps ‐ 79
Hume ‐ 17
NW ‐ 52
SE ‐ 49
Residential Care is our most costly area of service delivery and where we
work most intensively with the young people. We ran 23 ongoing units and
set up an additional four contingency units. Care was provided for 197
children and young people (221 in 2008/09; 184 in 2007/08; 148 in 2006/07).