Communication issues in care and protection cases Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2004 Social Work Now, Issue 27, pages 23-28 Sandra Porteous discusses effective communication and collaboration between lawyers and social workers in care and protection proceedings. This article is…
Community-Based Youth Development Fund Projects 2002-2005 Design Evaluation Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2004 Evaluating the design and initial development of the six projects currently funded by the Community-Based Youth Development Fund (YDF) shows that the projects are on target…
Social Report Indicators for Low Incomes and Inequality: Update from the 2004 Household Economic Survey Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2004 This incomes analysis is based on data from Statistics New Zealand’s Household Economic Survey (HES). It provides an update of the low-incomes and inequality indicators to…
Training Incentive Allowance (TIA)- A Literature Review Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2003 This review of New Zealand and international literature was undertaken as part of the Training Incentive Allowance (TIA) policy review. The TIA programme has many of…
Thinking about the Configuration of Services in the Care and Protection Sector - Working Paper 05/04 Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2003 This working paper is concerned with how to think about the configuration of services in the care and protection sector, and the sort of evidential and…
Movements into and out of Child Poverty in New Zealand: Results from the Linked Income Supplement - Working Paper 01/04 Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2003 This paper considers one dimension of the family environment facing children, that of income poverty. It is part of the Ministry of Social Development's research programme…
Estimating the Impact of Employment Programmes on Participants’ Outcomes Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2003 This report summarises what has been learnt so far in estimating employment programme impact using administrative data in the New Zealand context. The report covers issues…
Evaluation of Avenues: A Pilot of a Modified Domestic Purposes Benefit-Sole Parent Application Process Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2003 This report summarises the findings of the evaluation of the Avenues pilot. Avenues tested a modified Domestic Purposes Benefit application process and ran from August 2001…
Evaluation of Avenues: Evaluation of Migrant Pilot Projects in Auckland North, Auckland Central, Waikato and Central Regions 2002 Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2003 This report summarises four pilot schemes, completed in 2000/2001, designed to address issues related to the difficulties experienced by migrants from non-English speaking backgrounds who have…
The Level of Financial Assistance to Families with Dependent Children: A Comparative Analysis Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2003 In 1992, a comparison study using a model-family methodology found New Zealand to be one of the least generous countries in the OECD in terms of…