This framework supports monitoring of Australia's progress across all domains of the National plan to end violence against women and children 2022–2032. It adopts a systems-based approach to assessing whether collective efforts across governments, sectors and service systems are driving meaningful change. The framework will support a more connected national response across prevention and early...

This report provides an overview of the economic evidence available in relation to psychosocial support programs within Australia’s mental health system. The report concludes there is promising but limited evidence to demonstrate that psychosocial supports not only improve the wellbeing and quality of life for individuals but also lead to economic gains.

Australia’s Baby Bonus, implemented from July 2004, provided a $3,000 payment for each newborn child, aiming to support families and boost fertility rates. Twenty years later, this paper explores whether the Baby Bonus shifted the course of these young people’s lives in a measurable way.

This article draws on Social Ventures Australia's experience with the Resolve Social Benefit Bond (Resolve SBB), which funded a psychosocial, recovery-oriented community support program. It reviews the features of relational contracting and provides insights from this experience for commissioners to understand what relational contracting looks like when taken from concept to delivery.

This review describes the evidence base on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Family-Led Decision Making (AFLDM), a rights-based approach that can strengthen participation and improve outcomes. AFLDM supports decisions about children’s safety within the statutory child protection system. The review covers what the evidence shows, gaps, what good practice looks like and learning and evaluation...