Research snapshot Jun 2023
Early childhood education and care sector and viability
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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 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.
Webinar Jul 2021
This webinar explored how a capabilities approach can help young people navigate housing stress and other challenges.
Short article Oct 2020
This article explores how early interventions operate to prevent youth homelessness and outlines the emerging evidence for what works.
Short article Mar 2016
Jamie Lee describes how the presence of family and domestic violence makes a difference to service response at Relationships Australia (SA).
Practice guide Jul 2017
A resource to assist in the development of high-quality and consistent playgroups
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.
Research report Aug 2019
This early monitoring report is the first formal evaluation of the Commonwealth’s Child Care Package.
Research report Jul 2020
This first snapshot from our Families Then and Now series outlines changes in the housing arrangements of Australian families from 1980 to today.
Research report May 2015
What types of childcare are Australian parents choosing for their children?