Community-based family services
Report
Relationships matter: the social and economic benefits of community playgroups
Community playgroups have significant social and economic benefits not just for children but also for their parents, particularly mothers, finds this report. Relationships Matter: The Social and Economic Benefits of Community Playgroups, funded by Playgroup Australia and undertaken by RMIT University’s Centre for Urban Research (CUR), identifies the benefits playgroups afford parents across the social...
Literature review
Evidence-based service modules for a sustained nurse home visiting program
This review aims to identify evidence-based strategies to address common parenting issues faced by parents of young children. Due to time constraints, it was not feasible to attempt to identify all the issues that might concern parents. Instead, it was agreed that the literature review would focus on the most common self-identified needs of Australian...
Strategy
Roadmap for Reform: strong families, safe children
Launched in April 2016, this roadmap details the Victorian government's strategy for reform of the children, youth and families services system.
Interview
What does 'child aware' mean?
In this interview, some of the leading stakeholders in the Child Aware Local Initiative give their views on what 'child aware' means to them.
Article
Homeless children in SA and Together4Kids, specialist children’s therapeutic service
The opportunities presented by the National Affordable Housing Agreement propelled the SA Homelessness Strategy Unit into implementing a range of reforms that built on existing strengths of the specialist homelessness services sector. As a major contribution to homelessness service system reform, SA took the decisive step of considering accompanying children as clients of specialist homelessness...