Our Projects

This project evaluated a Direct Funding Pilot for participants of the NSW Lifetime Care and Support Scheme. Lifetime Care provides treatment, rehabilitation and care for people who have been severely injured in a motor vehicle accident in New South Wales.

The Follow-on Youth Recovery Support Team (FYRST) in Fairfield and Parramatta provides post-detoxification case management services for young people aged 16-25 with drug-use problems. The SPRC conducted an evaluation from December 2002 to September 2006.

Mental health is one of the Australian government's priority health areas. The 'National Youth Mental Health Foundation: headspace' program was established as part of the 2005-2006 "Promoting Better Mental Heath" Federal Budget initiative.

In response to an increase in prisoner population, the South Australian government introduced legislation in February and September 2016 to expand the use of home detention, and funded the implementation of a support service for those subject to home detention.

The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) is leading an evaluation of the operation and effectiveness of six Indigenous drug and alcohol treatment/rehabilitation programs operating in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and the Northern Territory.

The NSW Government is piloting four community-based men’s behaviour change programs (MBCPs).

This project evaluates New Income Management (NIM) in the Northern Territory. The four year evaluation (2011-2014) will focus on assessing the impact of NIM on families and communities in the Northern Territory.

The evaluation examined longer term client outcomes achieved by the Integrated Services Program (ISP), which NSW ADHC administers in partnership with Housing NSW and NSW Ministry of Health.

SPRC is to provide the NSW Aboriginal Child, Family and Community Care State Secretariat (AbSec) with an evaluation of the service provision Outputs for the Aboriginal Capacity Building – Out-of-Home Care/Family Preservation Model.

The project is undertaking future analysis of the Family Survey data collected for the Department of Community Services (DoCs) to inform the evaluation of its Brighter Futures services.

The Camperdown Common Ground Project aims to provide permanent, affordable accommodation and support services to 52 chronically homeless people. The purpose of the evaluation was to assess the Project’s effectiveness in facilitating sustainable housing for this target group.

The Child Sexual Offence Evidence Pilot (the Pilot) represents a key initiative by the NSW Government to strengthen the criminal justice response to child sexual abuse. 

The City of Sydney requested a quotation to conduct an evaluation of the Complex Needs Coordination Project, which aims to reduce the number of people who are chronically homeless in Inner Sydney. The evaluation assesses the extent to which the Project has met its objectives.

Catholic Healthcare commissioned the Social Policy Research Centre (SPRC) to conduct an evaluation of the Domestic Squalor Project.