Practice guide Oct 2017
Collective impact: Evidence and implications for practice
This paper explores the development of the collective impact framework and its ability to create population-level change on complex social issues.
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Practice guide Oct 2017
This paper explores the development of the collective impact framework and its ability to create population-level change on complex social issues.
Short article Feb 2020
This short article discusses the experience of collective trauma and importance of community connections following natural disasters.
Commissioned report Nov 2017
This report examines the association between family, neighbourhood and school level disadvantage and children’s cognitive and social outcomes.
Policy and practice paper Dec 2015
An overview of the issues unique to domestic and family violence in regional, rural and remote communities
Short article Jul 2019
This short article discusses how the risk of elder abuse may be heightened in rural and remote communities and proposes some ways to address this.
Webinar Jan 2021
This webinar explored and demonstrated ways to identify and support food-insecure families.
Family Matters article Oct 2009
Articles in this issue address the interaction of policies, services and institutions, and the vulnerable with the employment prospects of those in out-of-home care; the economic consequences for single-parent families of the changes to the child support and the Welfare-to-Work reforms; and how the Victorian legal system has responded to family violence.
Short article Jun 2021
This short article explores the impact of crises on service delivery and the evidence on how practitioners can support clients during crises.
Policy and practice paper May 2011
Information on social inclusion and social exclusion and how this impacts upon children and families in Australia.
Practice guide Mar 2011
A summary of research on social inclusion and the relevance of the concept and its application to family support services.