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.

This plan outlines the methodology for the evaluation of the Integrated Rehabilitation and Recovery Care Project (IRRCP). The evaluation will research the implementation, process and outcomes of the program. The objectives of the evaluation are to:• assess whether the appropriate consumers have been targeted by the IRRCP; • identify program implementation consistency across the three...

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

Kristy Muir, Ann Dadich, David Abelló, Michael Bleasdale, Alan Morris and Karen Fisher present the summary findings of the second phase of a longitudinal evaluation of the Housing and Accommodation Support Initiative Stage One from May to October 2005. They find that outcomes continued to improve for the majority of clients.

A quantitative study of people who had been granted the Disability Support Pension (DSP) between August and November 2003. The study aimed to provide a systematic, quantitative analysis of new DSP recipients’ characteristics, their disability and impairment status, labour market histories and aspirations, educational and training backgrounds, pathways onto income support and their service needs.