In 2010, the then Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (now the Department of Social Services) funded the Australian Centre for Child Protection (ACCP) to develop and deliver Protecting and Nurturing Children: Building Capacity Building Bridges (BCBB) over three years as an integral initiative supporting the National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children...

This report summarises Phase 2 of Stronger Families in Australia study evaluating the Communities for Children (CfC) initiative. Using data from 2006–2012, it examines medium- to long-term impacts on children, families and communities. CfC sought to improve service coordination, address unmet needs, build community capacity and enhance environments through tailored, collaborative service delivery in disadvantaged...

Evidence indicates worsening or unacceptably high levels of problems amongst Australia’s children and young people. These problems will not improve – and could get worse – unless we are able to effectively intervene to prevent these problems from occurring in the first place or address the problems early before they become entrenched.

This toolkit is one of the outputs from a study undertaken by the Centre for Housing, Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Adelaide, for the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, into the role of frontline services in addressing homelessness. For the purposes of this project, frontline services are considered...

This resource guide describes practical tips to assist family support workers develop and implement a safety plan with their clients.