Territory Families, Housing and Communities

Territory Families, Housing and Communities provides support services across child protection, domestic and family violence, youth justice services, housing, homelessness, social inclusion, sport and active recreation and celebrates arts, culture, heritage, libraries and archives. Find out more about us.

Children and families

Foster and kinship care, rates, resources, quality assurance, FACES support line, transforming out of home care, Multi-Agency Community and Child Safety Framework.

Housing and homelessness

Urban and remote housing, initiatives and strategies, town camps, homelands, healthy homes program, government employee housing, public housing wait times and allocations.

Youth justice

Youth Justice Advisory Committee, Youth detention census, visiting a young person, Youth outreach and re-engagement.

Sport and active recreation

NT Institute of sport, athlete and coach development, scholarships and grants, NT sports awards, sport and active recreation

Arts and culture

Araluen Cultural Precinct, creative industries, Arts NT, Screen Territory, Museum and Art Gallery of the NT, National Aboriginal Art Gallery, State Square Art Gallery.

Heritage, libraries and archives

Library and Archives NT, Heritage Branch, NT Heritage Council, Heritage Grant recipients.

Social inclusion and interpreting services

Office of Gender Equity and Diversity, Office of Multicultural Affairs, Office of Senior Territorians, Office of Youth Affairs, Office of Disability, Interpreting and Translating Service NT.

Domestic, family and sexual violence reduction

Domestic, family and sexual violence prevention and reduction, information sharing, risk assessment and management, National plan to reduce violence against women and their children.

Publications and policies

Policies, reports, fact sheets, forms, annual report, strategic plan.

What we are doing

News 9 Apr 2021

NT Youth Week 2021

Join us in encouraging young people’s vision for the NT through an exciting calendar of events and activities running from 9-18 April for NT Youth Week 2021.

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News 9 Apr 2021

New NT community web directory launched

A new one-stop shop community website has been launched to help Territorians locate information on support services.

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News 25 Mar 2021

Territory Families, Housing and Communities Strategic Plan 2021-2025

Following the recent Machinery of Government changes that saw the creation of Territory Families, Housing and Communities (TFHC), the agency has released its first Strategic Plan and committed to a six-monthly process of reporting on the agency’s progress towards the goals outlined in the plan.

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