Function Term:
Community services
Function Number:
Function Description:
Provision of community and welfare services in the form of financial assistance, programs, support and protection. Services include adoption, aged care, child and youth and family support, accommodation and refuge services. See STATE SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES for emergency services (fire fighting and search and rescue) and natural disaster relief and also HEALTH CARE for emergency services (ambulance). See TRANSPORT for access to community-based transport schemes.
For Non Government Agencies operating in this area see Community Health and Welfare
Narrower Terms:
Aboriginal affairs
Agencies Performing Function:
Invalid Depot, New Norfolk (TA982) | 03 Apr 1827 | 20 Jun 1848 |
Kings/Queens Orphans School (TA148) | 01 Jan 1828 | 31 Dec 1860 |
Brickfields Pauper Establishment (TA887) | 01 Jan 1859 | 31 Dec 1882 |
Queens Asylum (TA149) | 01 Jan 1861 | 31 Dec 1879 |
Board of Guardians Queens Asylum (TA150) | 01 Jan 1862 | 31 Dec 1879 |
Hobart Public Cemetery (TA1841) | 01 Jan 1865 | 31 Dec 1982 |
Invalid Depot, Cascades (TA328) | 01 Jan 1867 | 31 Dec 1879 |
Royal Commission Into the Queens Asylum (TA725) | 01 Jan 1867 | 31 Dec 1867 |
Invalid Depot, Launceston (TA330) | 01 Jan 1868 | 31 Dec 1895 |
Charitable Grants Department (TA21) | 01 Jan 1872 | 31 Dec 1934 |
New Town Charitable Institution (TA888) | 01 Jan 1874 | 31 Dec 1912 |
Hospital for the Insane, Cascades (TA336) | 01 Jan 1877 | 31 Dec 1890 |
Central Committee for Boarding-out Destitute Children (TA147) | 01 Jan 1881 | 31 Dec 1896 |
Lying-in Hospital, Cascades (TA335) | 01 Jan 1888 | 31 Dec 1895 |
Department for Neglected Children (TA145) | 01 Jan 1896 | 31 Dec 1918 |
Queen Alexandra Hospital for Women (TA459) | 01 Jan 1905 | 31 Aug 1980 |
Carr Villa Memorial Park Cemetery (TA1870) | 01 Jan 1905 |
New Town Infirmary and Consumptive Home (TA889) | 01 Jan 1912 | 31 Dec 1934 |
Launceston Home for Invalids (TA1911) | 31 May 1913 | 10 Mar 1954 |
Mt Lyell School of Mines and Industries (1) (NG3699) | 01 Sep 1913 |
Children of the State Department (TA146) | 01 Jan 1918 | 31 Dec 1936 |
Mental Deficiency Board (TA8) | 01 Jan 1922 | 01 Dec 1964 |
State Psychological Clinic (TA9) | 01 Jan 1922 | 01 Dec 1964 |
Ashley Home for Boys (TA1706) | 01 Feb 1922 | 31 Dec 1999 |
Returned Soldiers Employment Board (TA223) | 01 Jan 1923 | 31 Dec 1952 |
School for the Blind and Deaf (TA1322) | 01 Jan 1924 | 31 Dec 1969 |
School for the Blind (TA1321) | 01 Jan 1930 | 31 Dec 1972 |
Social Services Department (TA144) | 01 Jan 1934 | 02 Sep 1961 |
New Town Rest Home (TA890) | 01 Jan 1934 | 31 Dec 1937 |
St John's Park Hospital (TA443) | 01 Jan 1936 | 31 Dec 1994 |
Gellibrand House Board (TA984) | 01 Jan 1938 |
Fair Rents Boards (TA254) | 01 Jan 1939 | 31 Dec 1955 |
Division of Mental Hygiene (TA11) | 01 Dec 1945 | 31 Dec 1956 |
Office of the Minister for Housing (TA985) | 10 Dec 1946 | 31 Dec 1975 |
Mothercraft Home (TA468) | 01 Jan 1947 |
Prices Commission (TA323) | 01 Jan 1948 | 31 Dec 1954 |
Heather Hall Company (NG4019) | 01 Jan 1951 | 03 Jun 2005 |
Housing Department (1) (TA68) | 01 Jan 1953 | 31 Dec 1977 |
Cosgrove Park Home for the Aged (TA1912) | 10 Mar 1954 | 31 Jan 1992 |
Board of Inquiry Into Tasmanian Institute for Blind and Deaf (TA312) | 01 Jan 1955 | 31 Dec 1955 |
Nelumie, Institution for Female Defectives (TA15) | 01 Jan 1956 | 31 Dec 1965 |
Wybra Hall (TA2155) | 01 Jan 1956 | 31 Dec 1988 |
Division of Mental Health (TA12) | 01 Aug 1956 | 02 Apr 1963 |
Weeroona Girls' Training Centre (TA2156) | 01 Jan 1959 | 30 Nov 1979 |
Department of Social Welfare (TA88) | 02 Sep 1961 | 28 Feb 1983 |
Guardianship Board (TA10) | 01 Jan 1963 | 01 Sep 1997 |
Division of Psychiatric Services (TA13) | 02 Apr 1963 | 01 Jul 1968 |
Child Welfare Advisory Council (TA1452) | 01 Jan 1965 |
State Executive Committee (Emergency Fire Relief) (TA143) | 01 Jan 1967 | 31 Dec 1967 |
State Relief (Bush Fires) Committee (TA1546) | 11 Feb 1967 | 31 May 1968 |
Committee of Enquiry Into 1967 Bushfires (TA264) | 01 Jun 1967 | 31 Aug 1967 |
Mental Health Services Commission (TA14) | 01 Jul 1968 | 20 Apr 1993 |
Road Safety Committee (TA230) | 01 Jan 1969 |
Alcohol and Drug Dependency Board (TA337) | 01 Jan 1969 |
Consumers Protection Council (TA16) | 01 Jan 1970 | 31 Dec 1976 |
Casino Advisory Committee (TA342) | 01 Jan 1971 |
Office of the Minister for Community Welfare and Child Care/Elderly (TA396) | 01 May 1972 |
Office of the Minister for Road Safety (TA877) | 01 Jan 1974 | 31 Dec 1985 |
Child Protection Assessment Board (TA1738) | 24 Jan 1975 | 02 May 1991 |
Consumer Affairs Council (TA17) | 01 Jan 1976 |
Office of the Minister for Housing and Construction (TA741) | 22 Dec 1976 | 06 May 1980 |
Youth Support Unit (TA235) | 01 Jan 1977 | 31 Dec 1981 |
Board of Inquiry Into Death Duties (TA309) | 01 Jan 1977 | 31 Dec 1978 |
Committee of Inquiry Into Future Legal Aid Services in Tasmania (TA311) | 01 Jan 1977 | 31 Dec 1978 |
Department of Housing and Construction (TA879) | 13 Sep 1977 | 18 Aug 1983 |
Tasmanian Board of Inquiry Into the Needs of the Handicapped (TA279) | 01 Jan 1978 | 31 Dec 1980 |
Board of Inquiry Into the Royal Derwent Hospital and Millbrook Rise Hospital. (TA390) | 23 May 1979 | 31 Aug 1979 |
Review of Child Care Services (TA49) | 01 Jan 1980 | 31 Dec 1980 |
Office of the Minister for Handicapped Persons Services (TA405) | 06 May 1980 | 31 May 1982 |
Interim Southern Regional Cemetery Trust. (TA1435) | 01 Jul 1981 | 10 Mar 1982 |
Southern Regional Cemetery Trust (TA1436) | 10 Mar 1982 |
State Coordinating Committee for International Youth Year (TA891) | 01 Jan 1983 | 31 Dec 1986 |
Department for Community Welfare (TA1028) | 01 Feb 1983 | 17 Jul 1989 |
Housing Department (2) (TA880) | 01 Jan 1984 | 31 Dec 1989 |
Office of the Minister Assisting the Premier on Multicultural Affairs (TA1431) | 01 Jan 1989 | 31 Dec 1992 |
Alcohol and Drug Services (TA2175) | 01 Jan 1989 |
Office of the Minister for Youth Affairs (TA1005) | 01 Jul 1989 |
Department of Community Services (TA769) | 17 Jul 1989 | 03 Feb 1993 |
Office of the Minister for Community Services (TA992) | 17 Jul 1989 |
Office of the Status of Women (TA1556) | 17 Jul 1989 |
Department of Administrative Services and Consumer Affairs (TA899) | 07 Nov 1989 | 18 Feb 1992 |
Toosey Aged & Community Care (TA951) | 01 Jan 1990 |
Southport Community Centre (TA2213) | 01 Jan 1990 |
Child Protection Board (TA1739) | 02 May 1991 | 22 May 1998 |
Department of Community and Health Services (TA1012) | 03 Feb 1993 | 18 Sep 1998 |
Housing Tasmania (TA1593) | 03 Feb 1993 | 30 Jul 2016 |
Aged and Disability Support (TA1620) | 03 Feb 1993 | 18 Sep 1998 |
Child, Family and Community Support (TA1622) | 03 Feb 1993 | 18 Sep 1998 |
Aboriginal Housing Service Tasmania (TA1712) | 03 Feb 1993 |
Port Arthur Victims Appeal Committee. (TA1472) | 06 May 1996 | 24 Jan 1997 |
Port Arthur Attorney-General's Discretionary Fund (TA1514) | 01 Apr 1997 | 30 Jun 1998 |
Commissioner for Children (TA1938) | 05 Nov 1997 |
Rosebery Community Health Centre (TA2042) | 01 Jan 1998 |
Beaconsfield Multi Purpose Service (TA2172) | 01 Jan 1998 |
Campbell Town Multi-Purpose Service (TA2173) | 01 Jan 1998 |
Department of Education, Training, Community and Cultural Development (TA1561) | 06 May 1998 | 18 Sep 1998 |
Department of Health and Human Services (TA1543) | 18 Sep 1998 |
Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources (TA1554) | 18 Sep 1998 |
Child, Youth and Family Support Division (TA1592) | 18 Sep 1998 | 01 Jul 2002 |
Community and Rural Health Division (TA1606) | 18 Sep 1998 | 01 Jul 2002 |
Ashley Youth Detention Centre (TA1960) | 01 Jan 1999 |
Tasmania Together Community Leaders Group (TA1628) | 01 May 1999 | 31 Dec 2001 |
Victims Support Services (TA1929) | 01 Jul 2001 |
Tasmania Together Progress Board (TA1627) | 03 Sep 2001 |
Children and Youth Services (TA1633) | 01 Jul 2002 |
Statewide Mental Health Services (TA1634) | 01 Jul 2002 |
Independent Assessor of the Ombudsmans Review of Claims of Abuse of Children in State Care - Peter Cranswick Qc (TA1746) | 01 Aug 2003 | 30 Jun 2006 |
Ouse Community Health Centre (TA2174) | 01 Jan 2006 |
The Office of Youth Affairs (TA1709) | 05 Apr 2006 |
Tazreach (TA2182) | 01 Jan 2013 |
Department of State Growth (TA2061) | 01 Jul 2014 |
Community Sport and Recreation (TA2178) | 01 Jul 2014 |
Department of Communities Tasmania (TA2176) | 01 Jul 2018 |
Department for Education, Children and Young People (TA2232) | 01 Oct 2022 |