ACT govt releases new strategy to address out-of-home care issues

ACT Families and Community Services Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith. Picture: Keegan Carroll

There is still an "unacceptable over-representation" of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people in out-of-home care in the ACT, with a new government strategy to prioritise reducing this number.

Almost one in three of those living in out-of-home care in Canberra are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children or young people.