Research snapshot Jun 2023
Costs and affordability of child care
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.
Policy and practice paper Oct 2021
This paper identifies effective early intervention programs to improve the social, emotional and behavioural health of children under 5 years.
Policy and practice paper Nov 2021
This paper identifies the common elements of evidence-based parenting programs that support children’s mental health through parental separation.
Policy and practice paper Jan 2022
This paper gives principles and strategies for practitioners supporting children with neurodiversity to engage in counselling and reflective learning.
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.
Practice guide Jul 2021
This document outlines the ethical issues that should be considered in any evaluation and when it is likely to need a formal review by an HREC.
Practice guide Dec 2021
This resource describes how two Families and Children (FaC) Activity funded programs used program logic to facilitate program planning and evaluation.