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.

Connected Beginnings, established in 2016, is a place-based program working with community stakeholders to integrate and strengthen Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ access to early childhood education, maternal and child health, and family services to support children’s school readiness, with a focus on children aged 0-5 years. The mid-term evaluation was designed to provide...

One of the biggest challenges for people who most need social services is navigating a fragmented service system. In this article, the author explores one potential solution, integrated child and family centres which ensure that children and families get what they need, where they need it.

This report draws attention to the wellbeing considerations for Victorian practitioners working remotely to support people experiencing and using violence during the COVID-19 pandemic. It provides critical insights into how practitioners can be supported remotely to do this incredibly challenging, yet crucial work.

This paper outlines a model framework developed by AbSec in partnership with Aboriginal Community controlled Organisations (ACCO) Intensive Based Family Services practitioners and Protecting Aboriginal Children Together (PACT) practitioners.