Practical Support
One to one Case management
Support before and during key meetings, court processes and service interactions, helping parents feel prepared, informed and better able to navigate the process.
Free Workshops
Parenting Education
Free workshops, information and guidance that help parents understand the child protection process and strengthen parenting skills.
Peer to
Peer
Support
Connection with Parent Partners who have lived experience of the child protection system, providing understanding, encouragement and guidance through shared experience.
Education & Training
Practitioner Education
Workshops, resources and training to support professionals to engage more effectively with families.
about US
The Reily Foundation provides FREE support to parents and families navigating the child protection system across South Australia. We work alongside families to help them understand the process, overcome barriers, build confidence, and work towards safer and more stable outcomes for their children.
We know that involvement with the child protection system can be complex and overwhelming. Our approach is practical, respectful and focused on empowering families with the information, support and tools they need to navigate challenges, strengthen family relationships, and take positive steps forward.
How Can We Help?
Whether you are seeking support, referring a family, or looking to support this work, we’ve made it easy to take the next step.
I Need Support
Are you a parent, carer, or family member looking for practical support, we’re here to help.
Our team provides one-to-one guidance to help you navigate services, appointments, and challenges affecting your family.
I’m Referring a Family
If you are a professional supporting a parent or family and would like to connect them with Reily, you can refer them here.
We work alongside families and services to strengthen engagement and improve outcomes.
I Want to Support Reily
Would you like to help more families stay safely together?
If you are a donor, funder or volunteer, learn how your contribution helps families stay connected and supported
OUR WORK IN NUMBERS
Early support can make a significant difference for families navigating child protection involvement. When parents are supported to understand the system, address barriers, and strengthen their capacity, families are better positioned to work toward safer and more stable outcomes for children.
Reily’s impact continues to reduce pressure on systems that are costly, reactive and often stretched beyond capacity.
Families impacted
700+
More than 700 Families supported
children affected
140+
over 140 Children safely returned home
cost
savings
20m
more than $20 million in estimated savings through avoided out-of-home care
CLIENT
OUTCOMES
86%
of Reily clients experienced no escalation in child protection matters
Success stories
When Support Changes the Story
Parents come to Reily while facing significant child protection concerns, including housing instability, trauma history, mental health pressures, and disconnection from their children. Our work combines direct family support, lived experience leadership, practical education and systems insight, grounded in child safety, family connection and evidence-informed practice.
Helping parents re-engage with services and rebuild stability
Reily works alongside parents to strengthen understanding, reduce overwhelm, and identify supports that could build parenting capacity, emotional regulation, and day-to-day stability. Helping parents feel more prepared, more informed, and more able to engage constructively during a highly distressing period in their life
Supporting parents to be assessed on real-world parenting capacity, not assumptions about disability.
Too often, parents with disability are judged on assumptions rather than their actual parenting strengths and support needs. Reily works to ensure parents with disabilities are better heard, better informed, and able to participate in decisions affecting their child and family.
Keeping Parents Connected, Even When Outcomes Are Complex
Not every child protection matter ends in children returning home, but every parent still deserves clear information, respectful support, and the opportunity to remain meaningfully connected to their child wherever possible. Reily supports families not only in moments of hope, but also in moments of grief, uncertainty, and difficult adjustment. Reily helps parents understand what has happened, what decisions mean, and how they can continue to show up in safe and child-focused ways.
OUR SUPPORT SERVICES
The Reily Foundation provides free, tailored support to parents at different stages of the child protection journey. Our services combine practical guidance, education, and lived experience support to help parents understand expectations, engage effectively with services, and make meaningful changes for their children.
Case Management
Support
Parenting Programs & Workshops
Peer Support Lived Experience
Support for Parents with Disability
We support parents navigating the child protection system
‘Kumangka’
Coming Together
Charlie Griffiths (Artist)
Charlie is a Barkindji and Buandig artist who has partnered with The Reily Foundation Inc to create a piece of art that symbolises the journey of our Foundation, entitled ‘Kumangka’ – Coming Together.
Charlie created a piece of art that symbolises the essence of The Reily Foundation’s vision and mission to help parents to pull together all resources so families can remain connected.
