Person
Cathy Thomson
Report
Stories of aftercare services and support needs after leaving care: a snapshot from the Stories of Resourcing and Resourcefulness project
Drawing on biographical narrative interviews with 22 young people, this snapshot presents preliminary findings on young people’s experiences of accessing services after leaving out-of-home care in Australia.
Evaluation
National evaluation (2004-2008) of the Stronger Families and Communities Strategy 2004-2009
This national evaluation covers three of the Stronger Families and Communities Strategy (SFCS) initiatives: Communities for Children (CfC), Invest to Grow and Local Answers. It examines service provision, service coordination, Indigenous families and children in CfC sites, factors that facilitate or hinder service provision and outcomes, and sustainability.
Evaluation
Baseline report on Communities for Children process evaluation
This report contains the methods and baseline results of a process evaluation of the Communities for Children (CfC) program, which is part of the Stronger Families and Communities Strategy (SFCS). Under the CfC initiative, non-government organisations are funded to develop and implement a strategic and sustainable whole of community approach to early childhood development
Report
Families First area review Illawarra: final report for The Cabinet Office of New South Wales
This report is the third in a series undertaken by the UNSW Evaluation Consortium for the Cabinet Office as part of the evaluation of Families First. It presents the findings of the Area Review in Illawarra as a regional locality in moderate need in the early stages of Families First rollout. In the first 12...
Report
Coordinated and integrated human service delivery models
This report, prepared for the New South Wales Cabinet Office, presents empirical evidence of the use of coordinated and integrated approaches to human service delivery in Australia, particularly in New South Wales, and overseas. Michael Fine, Kuru Pancharatnam and Cathy Thomson focus on the evidence of successful integration initiatives involving community-based projects and those that...