The Ovens Murray Child and Family Services (OMCFS) Alliance is a membership of family service providers and key partner services that work together to provide a high quality, integrated, flexible, responsive and culturally safe system of support to children (including unborn), young people and their families across the Local Government Areas of Alpine, Benalla, Indigo, Towong, Mansfield, Wangaratta and Wodonga.
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Ovens Murray Communities Speak – Local Research Sheds Light on Social Needs
27 May 2025
Today’s launch of the Ovens Murray Area Community Needs Assessment Report 2024 marked more than the release of a document—it signalled a turning point in how the region understands and responds to complex social issues across North East Victoria.
The report was commissioned by the Ovens Murray Child & Family Services Alliance and the Ovens Murray Mental Health, Alcohol and Drug Alliance, with support from the Ovens Murray Family Violence Partnership and the Ovens Murray Homelessness Network.
It provides the first comprehensive, locally grounded snapshot of the social challenges impacting children, young people, and families in the region.
Developed by La Trobe University’s Care Economy Research Institute, the research combines local data, frontline service insight, and community experience to explore four interconnected areas of need: mental health, family violence, alcohol and other drug use, and homelessness.
The project is supported by the Victorian Government.
Read the full report here: OVENS MURRAY AREA community needs assessment 2024
The Ovens Murray Child & Family Services Alliance acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work and live.
We celebrate the diversity of Aboriginal peoples and their ongoing cultures and connections to the lands and waters of Ovens Murray area.
We pay our respects to Elders past and present and to their children and young people who are our future Elders and caretakers of this land.
We support diversity and inclusivity and welcome all people to our service, regardless of race, religion, gender or sexuality.