The New South Wales Department of Family and Community Services (FACS) is a former department of the Government of New South Wales and was previously responsible for the delivery of services to some of the most disadvantaged individuals, families and communities in the state of New South Wales, Australia until July 2019.

Ultimately the ministers were responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.

Agencies within FACS included: During the mid-1970s in Australia, a number of youth refuges were established in New South Wales.

These refuges were founded by local youth workers, providing crisis accommodation, soon began getting funding from the NSW Government.

[4] In 2012, Minister Pru Goward announced a comprehensive reforms affecting the funding of homelessness services.