Child & Family Well Being

Development of a Monitoring and Evaluation Plan for University of Oxford Young Lives Program (2007/8) Development of a program logic, logframe and monitoring and evaluation plan for a 15 year longitudinal study of child poverty in four developing countries of Vietnam, Ethiopia, India and Peru.

Consultations for Victorian Auditor-General's Office with Impact Consulting Group (2006) Consultations with stakeholders, service providers and service users as part of a performance audit undertaken by VAGO of initiatives undertaken by local government aimed at improving access and participation in Early Childhood services. Focus on three mainstream and one Indigenous specific initiative.

Independent Assessment of Reconnect Services, Department of Family and Community Services with ARTD (2005) Independent assessment undertaken of 7 Reconnect services, 5 Victorian based and 2 specialist Indigenous services.

Scoping and Program Design for a Family Support Initiative, Mission Australia (2005)
Scoping and design and an early intervention/prevention family support initiative in the Northern Region of Metropolitan Melbourne, including design of an evaluation framework.

Development of Evaluation Plan for Bethany Community Support (2005)
Design and development of an evaluation plan for Bethany Community Support including analysis of service performance data, development and aggregation of common tools within programs and production of a document which presents the framework for an annual cycle of evaluation activities.

Evaluation of Court Network at the Children's Court of Victoria (2003)
Evaluation of a pilot program providing support to users of the Melbourne Children's Court, involving key stakeholder interviews with court personnel, legal representatives, Magistrates and volunteers.

Strategic Analysis of the Family Support Program for City of Yarra, Victoria (2003)
Review of the operation of the Family Support Program at the City of Yarra, convening a planning day to consider the findings of the review and develop strategies for the future.

Project Design for Early Intervention Strategy for Anglicare, Victoria (2001)
Development of an early intervention strategy to augment existing service family support service provision within the agency.

Identification of Service Networks in Families First Initiative Hunter Region, for Department of Community Services, NSW with WestWood Spice (2001).
An investigation of service networks in the Hunter region of NSW, with the aim of increasing collaboration as part of the Families First Initiative.

Evaluation of Family Support Program in the Western Region of Melbourne, for Western Welfare Alliance, with Success Works (2001)
Overview of family support services in the Western Region of Melbourne, identification of directions for the future, strategies for increasing collaboration, and options for providing a continuum of care across the region.

Evaluation of the Strengthening Families Initiative for Department of Human Services Victoria, with WestWood Spice (1999-2001)
Statewide evaluation of the Strengthening Families programs with an emphasis on formative evaluation by involving the services in an action learning process.