Research snapshot Jun 2023
Costs and affordability of child care
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Summarises aspects of the Child Care Package that impact on the cost of child care, and reports on some of the findings related to affordability.
Research snapshot Jun 2023
Summarises aspects of the Child Care Package that impact on the cost of child care, and reports on some of the findings related to affordability.
Research snapshot Jun 2023
An overview of the early childhood education and care sector, the contribution of subsidies, and a summary of issues on the viability of the sector.
Research snapshot Oct 2022
An overview of the Inclusion Support Program (ISP) evaluation findings. The ISP is an element of the Child Care Safety Net of the Child Care Package.
Short article Apr 2021
This short article presents research on adult family carers’ health and social wellbeing with implications for practitioners supporting parent carers.
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.
Webinar Mar 2021
This webinar explored how professionals can engage with multicultural communities to better understand and respond to their needs.
Webinar May 2021
This webinar explored the social model of disability, how it relates to children’s mental health and considerations for working with children and families.
Practice guide Jul 2017
A resource to assist in the development of high-quality and consistent playgroups
Webinar May 2022
This webinar explored approaches to supporting child mental health in culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
Media release Jun 2021
The number of parents using childcare services has mostly returned to pre COVID-19 rates despite parents having better access to working from home arrangements, according to a new report from the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS).