Short article Aug 2017
Practitioners on evidence: Cathie Valentine
Cathie Valentine discusses the need for collaboration between researchers and practitioners to help overcome complex problems affecting families.
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Short article Aug 2017
Cathie Valentine discusses the need for collaboration between researchers and practitioners to help overcome complex problems affecting families.
Short article Jan 2018
This article responds to some common questions about the Communities for Children Facilitating Partners evidence-based requirement.
Media release May 2018
Many Australian carers are grandparents caring for vulnerable relatives living out-of-home and they are not getting the support services they need, according to a research report by the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
Family Matters article May 2010
Family Matters article on economic consequences for single-parent families of child support and Welfare to Work reforms
Family Matters article Sep 2010
Family Matters article reviewing kinship care issues
Family Matters article Mar 2011
Family Matters article on mothers who are liable to pay child support
Family Matters article Apr 1994
In the context of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, this article looks critically at the attitudes of Australians to the payment of child maintenance and the introduction of the Child Support Scheme.
Family Matters article May 1993
In this edited version of a paper presented at the fourth Australian Family Research Conference in February 1993, the authors report on the first stage of a major research and intervention program focusing on the wellbeing of families caring for people with a range of severe and long-term illnesses and disabilities.
Family Matters article Aug 1991
Information is provided here about the Caregivers National Group Leader Training Project, a project to support family caregivers by training people to set up and guide community support groups.
Research report Oct 2012
This report presents information on parents who care for people with a disability in Victoria, focusing on the issue of ageing.