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The Link-up program was first supported by the Australian Government in 1998 as a part of the Australian Government's response to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission's publication Bringing them home, which reported the findings of a national inquiry into the separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families.
The Link-up program provides a national network of 11 Link Up Services supporting and assisting Indigenous people affected by past removal policies to trace their genealogy and family history and potentially reunite with their families.
The Link-up program was included in an independent evaluation undertaken by Urbis Keys Young for the Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (OATSIH). The report Evaluation of the Bringing them home and Indigenous mental health programs was publicly released in 2007.
Abstract adapted from Department of Health and Ageing
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This handbook is a guide for all Link Up services in the delivery of family tracing and reunions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people separated from their families as a result of past governments' removal policies and practices. The handbook describes the requirements for providing these services which will help to make sure that all Link Up services across Australia meet the same standard.
The handbook includes the following information:
Adapted from Link Up services: program manual for service providers
This report presents the findings from the service level data collected from Bringing Them Home (BTH) services and Link Up Counsellors. The information collected includes: the number of clients; episodes of care provided; service resources; staffing profiles; and the range of activities undertaken by the services. In 2007-08, 76 services had BTH and Link Up funded counsellor positions. The counsellors saw 9,190 clients during this year, with a total of 38,700 client contacts.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
This handbook is a guide for all Bringing Them Home (BTH) and Link Up counsellors and their managers. It describes the requirements for providing these counselling services which helps to ensure that all BTH and Link Up counselling services across Australia meet the same standard.
The handbook includes the following information:
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
In 2006, the Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health commissioned Urbis Keys Young to evaluate the Bringing Them Home and Indigenous Mental Health Programs. Four programs were covered in the evaluation: the Link-Up Program; the Binging Them Home Program; the Social and Emotional Wellbeing Regional Centre Program; and the Mental Health Program.
The evaluation consisted of a consultation with service providers, associated organisations and clients of the services. The evaluation was advised by a Reference Group with membership from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
