Webinar May 2020
Preparing young people to leave care during COVID-19
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This webinar explored the potential impact of COVID-19 on young care leavers, and strategies to strengthen their social and emotional wellbeing.
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Webinar May 2020
This webinar explored the potential impact of COVID-19 on young care leavers, and strategies to strengthen their social and emotional wellbeing.
Webinar Jul 2020
This webinar discussed how practitioners can engage with fathers who use domestic and family violence.
Webinar Nov 2020
This webinar explored opportunities for using collaborative, family-inclusive approaches to support families where a parent uses alcohol and/or other drugs.
Journal article Mar 2021
This article examines poverty rates across a 4‐year period, transitions into and out of poverty, and factors affecting post-separation pathways
Commissioned report Oct 2016
Around 43 per cent of children under the age of 13 grow up in complex families.
Family Matters article May 2018
This article sets out how the prevention of child maltreatment can be enhanced by a multi-level population-based approach in providing evidence- based parenting and family support.
Research programs
Through an extensive and long-standing research program AIFS has examined a range of separation and family law-related issues.
Short article Nov 2016
New reports show a lack of care for the cultural needs of many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in child protection and OOHC.
Short article Nov 2016
Extending the age of leaving care to 21 years would result in a range of socio-economic benefits, writes Dr Tatiana Corrales.
Short article Jul 2016
How many children are in the child protection system? How can we improve the system's response to these children and their families?