Children’s Services Coordination Board

The Children's Services Coordination Board brings together key decision makers across Departments to ensure coordination of activities impacting on children.

The Board comprises of the Chief Commissioner for Police and the Secretaries of the Departments of Premier and Cabinet, Treasury and Finance, Education and Early Childhood Development, Human Services, Health, Planning and Community Development and Justice.

The role of the Board is to coordinate the efforts of different programs and consider how to best deal with cross-portfolio issues and specifically to:

• Review on an annual basis the outcomes of government actions related to children, especially the most vulnerable
• Settle action plans for agreed cross agency collaboration
• Consider how to address other cross-government issues as required.

The Board meets at least three times a year. The Strategy and Coordination Division in the Office for Children and Portfolio Coordination provides Secretariat support to the Board.

Members

• Richard Bolt, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (Chair)
• Gill Callister, Department of Human Services
• Fran Thorn, Department of Health  
• Helen Silver, Department of Premier and Cabinet
• Penny Armytage, Department of Justice
• Andrew Tongue, Department of Planning and Community Development
• Grant Hehir, Department of Treasury and Finance
• Chief Commissioner Ken Lay, Victoria Police