Department of Families, Fairness and Housing strategic plan 2025-29

Explore Department of Families, Fairness and Housing’s strategic plan for 2025-29

The strategic plan outlines our objectives and priority initiatives for 2025 to 2029. It fulfils the medium-term planning requirements for the Department of Treasury and Finance’s Resource management framework 2025.

The plan is updated on an annual basis to reflect the department’s current priorities. It informs our investments, measurement, reporting and other activities.

For our staff, the strategic plan sets out our roles and functions as a department. It includes the priority initiatives we will deliver over the next 4 years.

The plan guides our divisions, portfolios and areas in their work. It also sets out our approach to partnership and collaboration with our stakeholders. This includes our actions to strengthen the community and social services sector. These actions help our partner organisations do their important work.

For the Victorian community, the plan reaffirms our commitment to a vision of safe and supported children and families, in stable homes and strong communities.

It acknowledges the opportunities and challenges we will respond to over the coming years to achieve this vision.

Secretary’s message
The Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH) is guided by a vision centred on safe and supported children and families, in stable homes and strong communities.
Acknowledgement of First Peoples
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands and waters on which we live, work and play.
About this plan
The strategic plan outlines our objectives and priority initiatives for 2025 to 2029.
Statement of direction
Our strategy is built on the vision of safe and supported children and families, in stable homes and strong communities.
Our department
Overview of the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing
Our current environment
Over the next four years (2025–2029), we will focus on the following new and emerging challenges and opportunities.
How we will achieve our objectives
Indicators and initiatives related to our five strategic objectives.
Our enablers
Enabler 1: Sustainable and inclusive workforces. Enabler 2: Modern departmental systems.
Performance and financial reporting
The Victorian State Budget contains detailed information on the department’s objectives, outputs and performance against key performance indicators.