Evaluation strategy for Whole of Government Indigenous service delivery

Client: Department of Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs

Location/s: Canberra

Development of an evaluation strategy of COAG Indigenous Coordination trials under the Shared Responsibility: Shared Future commitment to a whole of government approach by the Council of Australian Governments at eight trial sites (with Albany Consulting).

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Evaluation of Job Network Services in remote communities

Location/s: Port Hedland, Wyndam, Kununarra, Derby, Mowanjum, Oombulgarri (WA) Amoonguna, Yuendumu, Alice Springs, Palmerston, Jabiru, Nhulunbuy (NT)

This project required the setting up, and conduct of qualitative interviews with job seekers and community leaders in five communities in the Kimberley, Pilbara and Broom areas and six communities in the Top End and Central Australia to evaluate Fee for Service and Flexible Servicing Arrangements. Recruitment was made via relevant local community organisations, interpreters…

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Review of Shared Responsibility Agreements

Client: Office of Indigenous Policy Co-ordination (OIPC), Department of Family and Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

Location/s: Darwin, Galiwinku, Palmerston (NT) Boggabilla, Tamworth, La Perouse (NSW)

Conducted reviews of six Shared Responsibility Agreements (SRAs) several of which were complex multi-signatory SRAs with three Top End (NT) communities, including a remote community and urban communities in Darwin and Palmerston and three communities in NSW, one in metropolitan Sydney.

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Evaluation of the Youth Led Futures Program (Stages 1 and 2)

Client: The Foundation for Young Australians

Location/s: Inala (QLD), Murray Bridge, Port Adelaide (SA), La Perouse (NSW)

A three-year project to evaluate a philanthropic program aimed at assisting Indigenous youth to develop leadership skills and capacity through developing and delivering programs to young people in their own communities. The work involved site visits to partner organisations in Qld., NSW and metropolitan and rural South Australia, interviews with participants, host bodies, mentors and…

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Evaluation of the Remote Service Delivery Program (RSDP)

Client: Colmar Brunton for FaHCSIA (now Dept of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Evidence and Evaluation Branch)

Location/s: Wilcannia

Evaluation of the RSD program in Wilcannia, as part of a national evaluation conducted by Colmar Brunton. This involved developing a sampling frame, conducting quantitative and qualitative research into the impacts of the program and providing feedback to the Wilcannia community.

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