www.snaicc.asn.au check out the new website!

SNAICC is the national peak body for Aboriginal and Tottes Strait Islander child and family services. Their Mission is to provide a strong voice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families ..... and promotes the rights, needs and aspirations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families.

September 2011
During the SNAICC Conference in 2010, a Self Publishing Workshop was run by SNAICC. The learners had to create a page which represented their childhood by completing the phrase "I Grew Up With......" The book is now being published by SNAICC and shows the diversity of people, ideas and experiences.

SNAICCS 8 Priorities
* Support families to care for children
* Value and respect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture
* Healing and reparations for the Stolen Generation
* Self determination in child protection
* Thrive by five with culture alive
* Real results take real planning
* Building capacity builds communities
* Hope, wealth and prosperity for our children
March 2011
# Our children need the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle more than ever!- this is the battle to prevent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children being taken away from their families, a battle to reduce the number of children in out of home care
# National Congress of Australias first peoples
# NT Child Welfare reform