Family services
Alternative labels
Family support services
Family support
Research Summary
Wellbeing of children and young people who offend
This report summarises previously published insights from the Social Wellbeing Agency’s work assisting the New Zealand Government's response to youth crime. The report looks at wellbeing factors that are highly correlated to offending behaviour in young people and outlines ways that policymakers can reduce crime by targeting better support to young people and their families.
Evaluation
'We can see future possibilities now': an evaluation of Bridging the Gap’s PLAN project
The Parents, Learning, Advancing, Nurturing (PLAN) project was created to provide holistic support option for vulnerable parents to address barriers to wellbeing, employment and financial and emotional stability. This report presents evaluation findings that reveal the strong efficacy of the project in the outcomes it generated among participants, as well as the strength of the...
Website
Menu of evidence: children and family services
The Menu of Evidence (the Menu) is an online portal and searchable repository of the best available evidence on what works for improving outcomes for children, young people, families, and carers.
Briefing paper
Child and family hubs: an important ‘front door’ for equitable support for families across Australia
In this paper, the authors explore what is meant by a child and family hub, and identify core components that underpin the delivery of these hubs that have emerged from Australian and international research.
Evaluation
DVassist: evaluation of a regional FDV service
From October 2020 to June 2022, DVassist provided a service designed to help people in 58 regional, rural, and remote areas of Western Australia experiencing family and domestic violence (FDV) through making local connections, education and providing counselling and case management. The pilot program was evaluated through a mixed methods analysis.