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Welcome to the Department of Human Services
Multicultural Strategy Site
 The Victorian community is characterised by a rich variety of languages, customs and cultures that make up its diverse cultural mosaic.
The Victorian Government is committed to ensuring all Victorians enjoy equal access to services, and are provided with the opportunity to participate fully as members of the community. Human services face particular challenges in ensuring all Victorians - including those who are from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, or who have a low level of English proficiency - enjoy the same level of access to high-quality services.
The information provided within this website describes how the Department of Human Services is responding to the needs of Victoria’s multicultural community.
To find out about the changes to the DHS funding of Language Services including AUSLAN, go directly to the Language services page.
This website is coordinated by the Diversity Unit. The Diversity Unit provides advice and leadership in the development of policy, programs and services that recognise and respond to the diversity of the Victorian community. Multicultural policy is one of three portfolio areas of the Diversity Unit, Social Policy Branch.
Current areas of work include:
- DHS Multicultural policy
- DHS Language services policy, funding and procurement
- Refugee health and wellbeing action plan
- Secretariat support to the Ministerial Advisory Council on Culture and Linguistic Diversity (MACCALD)
- Whole-of-Government reporting
The Diversity Unit also has responsibility for the Women’s Health and Wellbeing Strategy and Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (GLBTI) health and wellbeing policy including secretariat support for the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Gay and Lesbian Health (MACGLH).
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