Research programs
Evidence and Evaluation Support
Helping Families and Children (FaC) Activity service providers to plan, implement and evaluate programs.
Research programs
Helping Families and Children (FaC) Activity service providers to plan, implement and evaluate programs.
Media release Dec 2019
A new national study has found 16 per cent of Australian teenagers aged 16-17 years reported spending money on some form of gambling activity in the previous 12 months, with some gambling illegally because they were underage.
Media release Oct 2020
Young adult men are drinking alcohol at riskier levels than older men, and adolescent males are carrying early drinking habits with them into adulthood, according to research released today by the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS).
Family Matters article Mar 2016
Family Matters article on parent-only care
Family Matters article Apr 2017
This article reviews progress to date and some of the benefits and challenges faced by a panel of experts commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Social Services to help service providers to deliver evidence-based programs and practices in the family support sector.
Family Matters article Apr 2017
This article outlines some issues and common challenges that require careful thought when planning an evaluation of a program targeting Indigenous people.
Webinar Nov 2020
This webinar brought together a panel of social service providers and evaluators to discuss how to build successful evaluation partnerships.
Research report Feb 2022
The evaluation primarily considers the impact of the child care subsidy system, comprising the Child Care Subsidy (CCS), Additional Child Care Subsidy (ACCS) and the Community Child Care Fund (CCCF).
Practice guide May 2021
This document summarises the findings of the evaluation of the second phase of the Expert Panel Project and covers the period July 2017–June 2020.
Practice guide Jun 2021
This resource gives a quick overview of some of the main evaluation designs used for outcomes evaluations or impact evaluations.