In 2006 Goulburn Valley Family Care underwent a change of brand. The organisation is now known as FamilyCare although its legal name remains the same – Goulburn Valley Family Care Inc.
A Board of Directors oversees the operations of FamilyCare. This board meets monthly.
Overview
Goulburn Valley Family Care is a non-government, non-profit organisation offering services to families throughout the Goulburn Valley. GVFC was incorporated in 1994.
Goulburn Valley Family Care Inc. commenced operations in 1984 as a program of Child & Family Care Network (formerly Burwood Children's Home). At that time two group homes were set up to enable the care of country children in a country setting.
Starting from a small Family Support Service with an emphasis on household management, Goulburn Valley Family Care Inc. has gone on to develop programs that offer services to families to assist them to better care for and maintain their children in their own home. An Interchange program also grew in size and importance.
With some cooperation and funding from the Seymour Shire Goulburn Valley Family Care increased its family support services in Seymour in 1996. The current building in High Street Seymour was purchased in 1998 and GVFC became the major provider of family services in this area as well. This move positioned GVFC to become the major provider of family services for the Local Government Areas of Moira, Greater Shepparton, Strathbogie, Mitchell and Murrindindi, otherwise known at the West Hume region.
GVFC maintains strong state funded Carer Support Services providing information and services to people who care for an aged person or a person with a disability to enable that person to stay within their own home. This has become core business of the organisation, emphasizing the place of all age groups within the definition of “Family”. The Carer focus is also complementary to the Interchange program which is now focused on support services for young people with a disability and has expanded well beyond the traditional host family program that characterized them in the early days. Now young people with a disability may be paired with a host family but they can also access school holiday programs and youth buddy groups.
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