Family services
Alternative labels
Family support services
Family support
Discussion paper
Redesigning family preservation in NSW: discussion paper
The Department of Communities and Justice (NSW) is redesigning the Family Preservation service system in New South Wales to improve the outcomes, experience, suitability, and accessibility for families who want to access and would benefit from working with a Family Preservation service. This discussion paper sets out the vision for the Family Preservation system and...
Guide
Resources to support evaluation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their communities
This resource sheet provides a list of resources for non-Indigenous evaluators and/or child and family services who need to plan, undertake, or commission an evaluation for programs that work with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children and their families.
Report
Scoping project for the National Child and Family Investment Strategy: final report
In this report, the National Children’s Commissioner makes 18 recommendations about how the National Child and Family Investment Strategy should work.
Report
Future-proofing safety: COVID-19 and family violence in Victoria 2020-2021
This is the final report for the 'Future-proofing Safety' project, funded by Family Safety Victoria. The report highlights the significant challenges and specific opportunities for services and clients that emerged during COVID-19. These include elevated client risk and need, changed service responses, gaps and weaknesses within the family violence and sexual assault service system, and...
Evaluation
Family and relationship services economic evaluation
This report builds on the already substantial body of evidence that supports the link between the provision of the suite of family and relationship services and improved health, safety, family functioning and development, social and community connectedness, and financial and economic benefits.