SFCS Reports
Stronger Families and Community Strategy National Evaluation Report
The National Evaluation (2004-2008) of the Stronger Families and Communities Strategy has been completed. See:
Muir, K., Katz, I., Purcal, C., Patulny, R., Flaxman, S., Abello, D., Cortis, N., Thomson, C., Oprea, I., Wise, S., Edwards, B., Gray, M. And Hayes, A. (2009), ‘National evaluation (2004-2008) of the Stronger Families and Communities Strategy 2004-2009', FaHCSIA Occasional Paper No. 24, Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia. Occasional Paper 24
Appendices
The appendices of the report are available as individual files or as one combined file
Appendix A-F (PDF): Full Appendices from the National Evaluation of the Stronger Families and Communities Strategy
Appendix A (PDF): Local Answers Progress Reports Summary
Appendix B (PDF): Invest to Grow Evaluation and Progress Reports Summary
Appendix C (PDF): CfC Service Coordination Survey
Appendix D (PDF): CfC Program Costs and Effects
Appendix E (PDF): CfC - Outcome Indicators Framework Report
Appendix F (PDF): SFCS Evaluation Instruments
Additional Appendices from the report are available from the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
Other SFCS evaluation reports
A range of other reports have been published as part of the evaluation. These include:
Edwards, B., Wise, S., Gray, M., Hayes, A., Katz, I, Misson, S., Patulny, R. and Muir, K. (2009), ‘Stronger Families in Australia study: the impact of communities for children', FaHCSIA Occasional Paper No. 25, Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia.
The appendices to the SFIA Study can be found at the Australian Institute of Family Studies website:
Flaxman, S., Muir, K., Oprea, I. (2009), ‘Indigenous families and children: coordination and provision of services', FaHCSIA Occasional Paper No. 23 Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia.
Cortis, N., Katz, I. and Patulny, R. (2009), ‘Engaging hard-to-reach families and children', FaHCSIA Occasional Paper No. 26 Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia.
Berlyn, C., Wise, S., Soriano, G. (2009), ‘Engaging fathers in child and family services: participation, perceptions and good practice', FaHCSIA Occasional Paper No. 22 (PDF) Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia.
