Research
Implementation and Evaluation of Youth Housing Initiative
Rigorous outcome and economic evaluation of the Youth Housing Initiative, a long-term ‘Housing First’ program. It integrates case management and coaching, therapeutic support, and long-term housing that matches service users’ level of need to support young people to become increasingly independent at their own pace.
Evidence Review of Kinship Care
Systematic review of interventions to support kinship caregivers of young people who have been placed in out-of-home care in high-income countries such as the UK, other European nations, USA and Australia.
Evidence Reviews for a Youth Employment Toolkit
Network Meta-Analysis of employment programs for youth to build the Youth Employment Toolkit, a free, online resource of guidance aimed at developping effective employment services for the one in ten young people in the UK not in education, employment or training.
Tools for Intelligent Practice
Building data-driven decision support tools to assist case workers detect and manage risks for children and young people in out of home care.
What Works for Children's Social Care: Transitions from Out of Home Care Systematic Review
Systematic review of the effectiveness of services designed to support young people transitioning from out of home care. Outcomes include homelessness, unemployment and substance abuse.
Rapid Evidence Review: Violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability
Rapid Evidence Assessment (REA) of risk and protective factors associated with violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability.
Future Directions Evaluation: Strategy and Programs
Evaluation of NSW’s statewide implementation of its 10 year plan to improve outcomes for social housing tenants
Permanency Support Program Evaluation
Large-scale evaluation of the NSW Permanency Support Program (PSP) - a major initiative intended to improve permanent care arrangements and outcomes for young people in, or at risk of entering, the out of home care system.
Evaluation of Brighter Futures: Voices and Choices Trial
Evaluation of the Voices and Choices version of the NSW Brighter Futures program, which focuses on providing early intervention services to young children and their parents in order to prevent entry into out-of-home care.