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Vacro runs programs for adults in Victoria who are in prison, leaving prison, or on community corrections orders, and their families. If you or a family member need support, please contact us. We’ll do our best to give you the guidance you need.

Contact Vacro | (03) 96051900 | [email protected]

Every Vacro program is voluntary. No one has to do one, and they aren’t related to successfully completing a sentence or an order. Every program participant has rights to privacy and fair treatment.

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Please note that we work with adults in prison and their family members, not specifically in the youth justice sector. Browse each program below to learn more about specific eligibility and being referred to that program.

ReConnect

Personalised, community-based, case management support for people upon release from prison. Read more

Published: 2nd May, 2020

Updated: 30th January, 2023

Author: Angela Smith

ReLink

Supporting adults preparing to exit prison to make goals and plans for a good life post-release. Read more

Published: 2nd May, 2020

Updated: 30th January, 2023

Author: Angela Smith

Parents and Families Program

Personalised support from a qualified family counsellor can help families reconnect and heal after a parent is released from prison. Read more

Published: 30th April, 2020

Updated: 30th January, 2023

Author: Angela Smith

Family Visits Program

Keeping incarcerated mothers connected with their kids in the community through personal video 'visits' to prisons. Read more

Published: 8th July, 2021

Updated: 30th January, 2023

Author: Angela Smith

Supporting Kids and Families

Supporting new beginnings for fathers in prison and their kids through family therapy and facilitated time together. Read more

Published: 21st July, 2021

Updated: 30th January, 2023

Author: Angela Smith

Time to Work Employment Service

A national in-prison employment service for adult, sentenced Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in prison. Read more

Published: 30th April, 2020

Updated: 30th January, 2023

Author: Angela Smith

Second Chance Cycles

A community bike workshop recycling, refurbishing and donating bicycles in the local Collingwood community. Read more

Published: 30th April, 2020

Updated: 30th January, 2023

Author: Angela Smith

Second Chance Coffee

A social enterprise coffee kiosk supporting people on community corrections orders build workplace skills. Read more

Published: 30th April, 2020

Updated: 30th January, 2023

Author: Angela Smith

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    Volunteer

    Make friends and build experience by contributing your skills as a Vacro volunteer.

  • Second Chance Jobs

    A new, ground-breaking employment support linking people leaving prisons with jobs 'at the gate'.

  • Do a student placement

    Do a student placement

    Learn new skills at a highly regarded not-for-profit specialising in the criminal justice sector.

  • Second Chance Cycles

    A community bike workshop recycling, refurbishing and donating bicycles in the local Collingwood community.

  • ReConnect

    Personalised, community-based, case management support for people upon release from prison.

  • Work at Vacro

    Vacro is always looking for passionate people to join our dedicated team.

  • Resources

    Resources providing practical information and personal support to people and families in contact with the criminal justice system.

  • About us

    About us

    VACRO is an independent not-for-profit organisation supporting people in contact with the criminal justice system and their families to successfully reintegrate back into their communities.

  • ReLink

    Supporting adults preparing to exit prison to make goals and plans for a good life post-release.

  • Our history

    Founded in 1872, Vacro is one of Victoria's oldest independent community organisations. Learn more about our long history.

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    Vacro acknowledges the First Nations people of Australia and pay our respect to Elders past and present. We acknowledge the unbroken spiritual and cultural connections of the First Nations People of Australia to their lands. Vacro also supports the Treaty process of acknowledging that lands were never ceded.

    Vacro, as a leading voice in the reintegration field, also acknowledges that First Nations people across all jurisdictions are significantly impacted by justice systems as a direct result of colonisation. 
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