Publications & Articles
Families and Children
- Australian Government Response to the Joint Select Committee on Implementation of the National Redress Scheme First Interim Report
- Australian Government response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs report, Breaking barriers: a national adoption framework for Australian children
- Australian Government Response to the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee Report: Inquiry into the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Family Payments Structural Reform and Participation Measures) Bill (No.2) 2015
- Australian Government Response to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee Report - Review of Government Compensation Payments, December 2010
- Common Approach to Assessment, Referral and Support
- Commonwealth Government Response to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee Report: Out-of-home care
- Experiences and Aspirations of Younger Mothers
- Families’ experiences of services (Occasional Paper 30) (2010)
- Forced Adoption Support Services Post Implementation Review Final Report
- Family Support Program (FSP) Report - 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012
- FSP Data System Protocols
- National analysis of workforce trends in statutory child protection
- Paid Parental Leave Review
- The Stronger Families in Australia (SFIA) Study: Phase 2
Children & Parenting
- Australia's children: safe and well: a national framework for protecting Australia's children: a discussion paper for consultation, May 2008
- Child Abuse and Neglect: A Socio-legal Study of Mandatory Reporting in Australia
- Child Care Links Evaluation Report
- Communities for Children Facilitating Partners Post Implementation Review
- Create Foundation Report: ‘What’s the Answer?’
- Engaging Fathers in Child and Family Services: Participation, Perceptions and Good Practice (FaHCSIA Occasional Paper No. 22)
- Engaging hard-to-reach families and children (FaHCSIA Occasional Paper No. 26)
- Evaluation of the Child Protection Scheme of Income Management and Voluntary Income Management Measures in Western Australia
- Evaluation of Progress under the National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children
- Evaluation of the National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children 2009-2020
- FaHCSIA Occasional Paper (Number 19) - Lessons learnt about strengthening Indigenous families and communities
- Financial and Non-Financial Support to Formal and Informal out-of-home carers
- Grandparents who take Primary Responsibility for Raising their Grandchildren
- Growing Up in Australia: the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children 2008-09 Annual Report
- Growing Up in Australia: the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children 2009-10 Annual Report
- Guide to Completing the Annual Service Report
- Guide to Completing the End of Agreement Annual Service Report
- Guide to Completing the Performance Report User Guide
- Guide to Completing the End of Agreement Performance Report
- Health Assessments and Interventions
- Impact of past adoption practices: Summary of key issues from Australian Research
- Improving service responses to vulnerable families during pregnancy and infancy
- Indigenous families and children: coordination and provision of services (FaHCSIA Occasional Paper No. 23)
- Information sharing to assist families and children in the child protection system
- KPMG Final Report - National Standards for out-of-home Care
- The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children: 2010-11 Annual Report
- National evaluation (2004–2008) of the Stronger Families and Communities Strategy 2004–2009 (FaHCSIA Occasional Paper No. 24)
- National Framework for Protecting Australia's Children (National Framework) e-newsletter
- National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children: Implementing the second three year action plan 2012–2015
- National Framework for Protecting Australia's Children: Implementing the first three-year action plan 2009-2012
- National Research Agenda for Protecting Children
- National Standards for out-of-home care
- National Standards for out-of-home Consultation Paper
- A Nationally Consistent Approach to Working with Children Checks
- Older evaluation products
- Operational Review of the Information Sharing Protocol between the Commonwealth and Child Protection Agencies
- Paid Parental Leave evaluation: Phase 1 (FaHCSIA Occasional Paper No. 44)
- Paid Parental Leave evaluation: Phase 2
- Paid Parental Leave evaluation: Phase 3
- Paid Parental Leave evaluation: Phase 4
- Professional Foster Care: Barriers, Opportunities, Options
- Promising Practice Profiles final report
- Protecting Australia’s Children – Annual Report 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21
- Protecting Australia’s Children – Annual Report 2016-17 and 2017-18
- Protecting Australia's Children - Annual Report 2014-15 and 2015-16
- Protecting Australia's Children - Annual Report 2013-14
- Protecting Australia's Children - Annual Report to the Council of Australian Governments 2012-13
- Protecting Australia's Children - Annual Report to the Council of Australian Governments 2011-12
- Protecting Australia's Children - Annual Report to the Council of Australian Governments 2010-11
- Protecting Australia's Children - Annual Report to the Council of Australian Governments 2009-10
- Protecting Children is Everyone's Business: National Framework for Protecting Australia's Children 2009-2020
- Raising community awareness of parenting
- A Review of Early Childhood Literature
- Stronger families in Australia study: the impact of Communities for Children (FaHCSIA Occasional Paper No. 25)
- Supporting young people transitioning from out-of-home care to independence in Australia: good practice in 2011/12
- Tomorrow's Children. Australia's National Plan of Action Against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children
- Transitioning to Independence from out-of-home care
- Transitioning from out-of-home care to Independence: A Nationally Consistent Approach to Planning
- Review of the TILA Program (Office for Youth/Colmar Brunton)
- Review of the Transition to Independent Living Allowance (TILA): An analysis of the 1 January 2014 reforms to TILA (Department of Social Services)
- Towards Independent Adulthood (TIA) trial Evaluation Report
- TILA Operational Guidelines
- TILA Guide for case workers
- TILA Step-by-step guide for young people
- TILA Step-by-step guide for case workers
Child support
- Australian Government response to the inquiry of the Joint Select Committee on Australia’s Family Law System
- Government response to 'From conflict to cooperation – Inquiry into the Child Support Program' (August 2016)
- Analysis of 2008 child support reforms (April 2010)
- Updated report on the population impact of the new child support formula (July 2009)
- Report on the population impact of the new child support formula (October 2008)
- Factsheets from the 2006-2008 child support reforms
- Government response to 'Every Picture Tells a Story' (June 2005)
- In the Best Interests of Children - Reforming the Child Support Scheme - Summary report (May 2005)
- In the Best Interests of Children - Reforming the Child Support Scheme - Full report (May 2005)
Costs of children and social trends
- Occasional Paper No 18, Costs of Children: research commissioned by the Ministerial Taskforce on Child Support (July 2007)
- Costs of children and equivalence scales: a review of methodological issues and Australian estimates (June 2005)
- A Comparison of Child Support Schemes in Selected Countries (May 2005)
- The Estimated Costs of Children in Australian Families in 2005-06 (May 2005)
- Social Change in Australian Families (May 2005)
- Updated Costs of Children Using Australian Budget Standards (May 2005)
Family finance
Family relationships
- Australian Couples in Millennium Three: A research and development agenda for marriage and relationships education
- Caravan Parks Pilot: Family Crisis Child Care Program Final report
- Child inclusive practice in family and child counselling and family and child mediation
- Contact Services in Australia Research and Evaluation Project, December 1998
- Economic Value of Positive Family Functioning
- Economic Value of Positive Family Functioning - Scoping Study
- Evaluation of the 2006 Family Law Reforms
- Evaluation of the Men and Family Relationships program: Final Report and Supplementary Report
- Family and Work: The Family's Perspective
- Father-inclusive practice guide
- Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Report
- Indicators of Social and Family Functioning
- Introduction to working with men and family relationships guide
- OECD Review of Family Friendly Policies: The Reconciliation of Work and Life. Australia's Background Report
- Past Adoption Experiences
- Pre-marriage Education Pilot Project Final Report
- Sharing the care of children post-separation: family dynamics and labour force capacity
- A Study in Hope: a report of the family violence research and intervention project
- A Study of Australian Relationship Education Service Activities
- Through a Child's Eyes - Child Inclusive Practice in Family Relationship Services
- To Have and To Hold: a Report of the Inquiry into Aspects of Family Services
- Use of, and Attitudes to, Mediation Services Among Divorcing and Separating Couples
- Work and Family: Current thinking, research and practice
Mental Health
Research
- Timely decision making and outcomes for children in out-of-home care
The Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) undertook a ‘quick scoping review’ of research evidence about ‘timely’ decision making for children and young people who have entered the child protection system. - Working Together to Care for Kids: A survey of foster and relative/kinship carers
The Commonwealth Department of Social Services commissioned the Australian Institute of Family Studies to conduct a survey of non-parent carers (including foster and relative/kinship carers) of children living in out-of-home care. - Foundational Community Factors (FCFs) for Early Childhood Development: A report on the Kids in Communities Study (KiCS report), April 2018
- Refugee Communities Intercultural Dialogue: Building Relationships, Building Communities
- Child Family Community Australia (CFCA)
Practice and Policy Information Exchange. CFCA provides evidence-based publications and resources for professionals in the areas of protecting children, supporting families and strengthening communities. - Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC)
Growing up in Australia - The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) will provide a comprehensive national picture of Australian children and their families. - Building a New Life in Australia (BNLA): The Longitudinal Study of Humanitarian Migrants
The study will provide information on factors which either aid or hinder successful settlement of humanitarian migrants over time. - The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey
The primary objective of the HILDA Survey is to support research in income, labour market and family dynamics. - Talking with young people about the National Framework
Outcomes of conversations with young people about the National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children - 2009-2020 - Footprints in Time: The Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children
Footprints in Time: The Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children aims to improve the understanding of, and policy response to, the diverse circumstances faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, their families and communities. - Access to DSS Longitudinal Datasets
To apply for access to LSAC, LSIC, HILDA and Journeys Home datasets. - Moving to Prevention Research Report
Intensive family support services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. - Stronger Safer Together practice resource report
Stronger Safer Together practice resource report developed by the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) - National Voice for our Children.
Welfare Payments Reform
- Basics Card Merchant Approval Framework
- Cape York Welfare Reform Fact Sheets
- Evaluation Framework for New Income Management (NIM)
- Evaluation Framework for Place Based Income Management
- Income Management Fact Sheets
- Implementation Review of the Family Responsibilities Commission - 2010
- Independent Review of the Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Simplifying Income Reporting and Other Measures) Act 2020
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