A guide for service providers that supports child and family service organisations to understand whether their programs and services are working, for whom and why – and how they can be strengthened over time. It aims to help practitioners and organisations build knowledge and skills to understand and apply monitoring, evaluation and learning processes in...

This guide presents a framework for understanding early intervention in community-based mental health supports for children and families. It covers the difference between mental health and mental illness, definitions of the main provision levels of early intervention and challenges to providing early intervention supports.

This resource supports practitioners working with LGBTQ+ young people with disability by explaining intersectionality, evidence on key challenges, and practical ways to improve wellbeing. It highlights the impacts of discrimination, heterosexism and ableism, barriers to accessing inclusive services, and the importance of safe, accessible, person‑centred practice across services.

This snapshot discusses suicidal thoughts and behaviours in adolescence. This research highlights that, among young Australians, positive relationships with parents and peers and school connections during adolescence are associated with the reduced likelihood of suicidal thoughts and behaviours during early adulthood. Collectively, the evidence supports a cross-portfolio, prevention-focused approach to reduce risk.

This report examines the extent to which cohorts of families are using the Child Support Scheme compared to nearly a decade ago. It is important to understand the drivers of the decline in the Child Support Program coverage and how separated parents, especially main carers, meet the financial needs of their children.