acwa

Name

acwa

Legal name

Association of Children's Welfare Agencies Limited

Website

https://acwa.asn.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1958

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Child and Family Welfare Advocacy and Sector Training

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Family Resource Centers & Wraparound Support Services (EDACALAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Parent/Caregiver Training & Family Consultation (ABA) (EDAKAHAG)

Keywords

• Child welfare advocacy
• Welfare sector training
• Community welfare services
• Out-of-home care support
• Family preservation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Sydney

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: Annual membership fees from not-for-profit child, youth and family service organisations, calculated based on organisational turnover for child/youth/family services. Fee tiers range from $290 to $7,264 annually depending on revenue size.
2. Training Services (CCWT): Professional development and training services delivered through the Centre for Community Welfare Training (CCWT), a registered training organisation (RTO 90494) providing nationally recognised training to the community services sector. Revenue from course fees for human services professionals.
3. Government Funding: Grant funding and commissioned services from NSW Government bodies for specific projects and sector development initiatives including Aboriginal OOHC Transition, Domestic and Family Violence, Family Preservation, and other child welfare programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

ACWA is the NSW peak body for child and family welfare, providing sector advocacy, policy representation, and member services to 50+ non-government child, youth and family welfare organisations. It also operates the Centre for Community Welfare Training (CCWT, RTO 90494), a registered training organisation delivering nationally recognised and non-recognised professional development courses to human services practitioners, alongside practical resource toolkits and funded project initiatives spanning out-of-home care, family preservation, and domestic and family violence.

Product overview

ACWA (Association of Children's Welfare Agencies) is the NSW peak body for child and family welfare, offering a portfolio of advocacy services, professional training through its CCWT division (RTO 90494), and practical resources for member organisations. The core offerings include membership with access to training discounts, policy forums, and sector collaboration; the Centre for Community Welfare Training (CCWT) providing evidence-based training for human services professionals; and various project initiatives focused on Out-of-Home Care, Family Preservation, and Domestic and Family Violence. Supporting these are practical toolkits and factsheet resources including the Practitioner Toolkit for Foster and Kinship Carers, Relational Care resources, PHSB factsheets, and Disability resources. The organisation does not operate as a technology platform but as a membership-based advocacy and training body.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Centre for Community Welfare Training (CCWT) ACWA's registered training organisation (RTO 90494) offering flexible and affordable training solutions tailored for professionals in the human services sector. Provides nationally recognised and non-recognised training courses focused on evidence-based, trauma-informed best practices to equip individuals with skills to support vulnerable children and families.
• ACWA Membership Annual membership program for child, youth and family service agencies in NSW and ACT. Provides access to a network of organisations, member discounts on training, newsletters, policy forums, advocacy consultations, and collaborative opportunities with government and non-government stakeholders. Tiered annual fees from $290 to $7,264 based on organisational child/youth/family services revenue.
• Practitioner Toolkit for Foster and Kinship Carers A toolkit with nine practical factsheets designed to help caseworkers, team leaders and case managers strengthen support for foster and relative/kinship carers. Covers what prospective carers need to know, supporting carers with trauma-responsive parenting, building authentic relationships, and supporting relative/kinship carers.
• Problematic and Harmful Sexual Behaviours (PHSB) Factsheets Series of factsheets for practitioners and carers supporting children and young people in out-of-home care to better respond to problematic and harmful sexual behaviour. Developed using a co-design process with carers and caseworkers from ACWA member agencies in partnership with the NSW Ministry of Health and the Parenting Research Centre.
• Disability Good Practice Symposium Resources Resources from ACWA's Disability Good Practice Symposium covering topics including case planning for Aboriginal children, supporting children with autism, supporting newly arrived families where disability is suspected, and early intervention supports.
• Out-of-Home Care (OOHC) Projects Sector project portfolio including the Aboriginal OOHC Transition Project, general OOHC initiatives, and the Relational Care program focused on improving outcomes for children and young people in out-of-home care.
• Family Preservation Programs Programs focused on keeping families together and supporting families before issues escalate, including prevention and early intervention services.
• Domestic and Family Violence Initiatives Projects and initiatives focused on strengthening responses to domestic and family violence and supporting children and young people affected by violence.

Quantifiable outcome

• 858 foster and kinship carers engaged through ACWA's Carer Survey to inform practice toolkit development
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• NSW Office of the Children's Guardian (OCG)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 June 2026Delivered Strategy to Action Day 2026 together, exploring how the sector can move beyond compliance and embed quality practice in out-of-home care. The partnership focuses on accreditation, quality practice, and supporting young people's transitions to independence.
• ACWA Member AgenciescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 June 2026Collaborative development of Practitioner Toolkit with input from member agency caseworkers, team leaders, and practitioners. Carers from member agencies participated in survey providing insights for resource development.
• Fams NSWcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 May 2026Joint International Conference 2027 announced, bringing together child and family sector leaders for shared learning, innovation showcase, and collaboration across the sector. Governance and Program Committee members appointed for conference planning.
• Australia's National Research Organisation for Women's Safety (ANROWS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 January 2026Supporting the 2026 Family Safety Collaboration Planning Forum with training from ANROWS on national research into children and young people's safety from domestic and family violence. Partnership focuses on translating national research into practical guidance for practitioners.
• NSW Department of Communities and JusticecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing engagement with DCJ on policy reform, sector development, and implementation of OOHC reforms. ACWA participates in ministerial roundtables and policy consultations on workforce wellbeing and sustainability.
• NSW Ministry of HealthminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to develop resources for practitioners and carers responding to problematic and harmful sexual behaviours (PHSB) in OOHC settings. Ministry identified gap in available resources and commissioned ACWA for development.
• Parenting Research Centre (PRC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-designed factsheet series for supporting practitioners and carers to better respond to problematic and harmful sexual behaviour, working with carers and caseworkers from member agencies.
• NSW Ministry of HealthminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Safe & Together initiative to strengthen the child protection and domestic and family violence workforce across NSW through a network of Certified Trainers.
• Domestic Violence NSWminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Safe & Together initiative alongside NSW Ministry of Health and Safe & Together Institute to build workforce capability across domestic and family violence sector.

Scale indicators4 records

Direct peers

• Fams NSW: NSW peak body for family and relationship services. Directly comparable to ACWA as a state-level sector peak body; in fact, ACWA and Fams NSW co-host the International Conference 2027.
• Families Australia: National peak body for the family and relationship services sector in Australia. Closely analogous membership and advocacy model to ACWA, but operating at the federal level across all states.
• Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC): National peak body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families. Directly comparable sector focus (child welfare), advocacy model, and member-driven structure.
• Early Childhood Australia: National peak body advocating for quality early childhood education, care, and development. Comparable peak-body membership and advocacy model with adjacent child-and-family sector focus.

Broad incumbents

• Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS): Australia's national peak body for the broader social and community services sector. Similar peak-body, advocacy, and policy-reform role, but at much larger scale and with a broader remit than child welfare.

Emerging players

• Child Wise: Australian child safety organisation delivering child safeguarding training, consultancy, and advocacy. Comparable training-and-advocacy model for the child welfare sector, with partial overlap into CCWT's training franchise.
• Bravehearts: Australian child protection organisation focused on preventing and treating child sexual abuse. Adjacent advocacy and education role in the child welfare sector, with significant training program delivery.

Regional players

• Victorian Council of Social Service (VCOSS): Victoria's peak body for the social and community services sector. Directly comparable peak-body advocacy and membership model to ACWA, but operating in a different Australian state.
• Queensland Council of Social Service (QCOSS): Queensland's peak body for the social services sector. Directly comparable peak-body advocacy and membership structure to ACWA, but operating in a different Australian state.
• Australian Childcare Alliance: Peak body representing private childcare operators across Australia. Comparable peak-body advocacy model focused on a child-and-family-adjacent sector, but with a for-profit operator membership base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@ACWACCWT
• Facebookfacebook.com/ACWA.CCWT
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/acwa-ccwt
• Instagraminstagram.com/acwa.ccwt

Compliance2 records

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Profiles2 records

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