Tusla - Child and Family Agency

The Child and Family Agency was established on the 1st January 2014 and is now the dedicated State agency responsible for improving wellbeing and outcomes for children. It represents the most comprehensive reform of child protection, early intervention and family support services ever undertaken in Ireland.

 

The Child and Family Agency’s services include a range of universal and targeted services:

• Child protection and welfare services;
• Educational welfare services;
• Psychological services;
• Alternative care;
• Family and locally-based community supports;
• Early years services;
• Domestic, sexual and gender-based violence services.