2. About DCJ

DCJ was created on 1 July 2019 to replace the Department of Family and Community Services and the Department of Justice. It is the Principal Department in the Communities and Justice Agency Portfolio.

DCJ consolidates services that aim to achieve safe, just, inclusive, and resilient communities under a single agency, meaning there is a greater focus on prevention and early intervention, faster responses, more seamless operations, less duplication of work, and better outcomes overall. We are committed to improving outcomes for:

• children and young persons
• First Nations persons
• persons at high risk of reoffending
• persons experiencing or at risk of homelessness
• persons from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
• persons with disability
• senior citizens
• victims of crime
• victim-survivors of domestic, family, and sexual violence
• young persons who have come into contact with the criminal justice system, or who are at risk of coming into contact with the criminal justice system.

Visit About DCJ for information about our work and values.