Communities and Justice

FACSIAR News Bites

FACSIAR’s monthly News Bites shares information about newly released Communities and Justice statistics, webinars, analysis and research publications on early intervention, child protection, out-of-home care, social housing and homelessness. 


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  • Searches for human services in NSW – data updated to April 2025
  • Social housing waiting list – data updated to May 2025
  • 2024 Out-of-home Care Carer Survey: Findings Report 
  • Evidence Brief summarising key findings from the NSW Child Development Study (NSW-CDS)
  • New evidence review on client experience measures in social and community services (available only to internal DCJ staff
  • Upcoming webinar: Supporting placement stability for children in out of home care - Tue 29 July 2025 12:00pm-1:00pm AEST, online via Ms Teams

Past Issues

FACSIAR News Bites – May 2025
  • Social housing waiting list – data updated to March 2025
  • Evidence to Action Note on restoration from out-of-home care for Aboriginal children and the experiences of children and parents – from the Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study
  • New publication on the prevalence of maternal substance use problems during pregnancy and the first 2 years of life – from our research partners at the NSW Child E-Cohort Project
  • New guidance on the DCJ Benefits database – which contains a set of standard benefit values to apply in Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) for human services in NSW, supporting consistent business decisions and program evaluation
  • New DCJ Evaluation Reports added to the Evidence Repository – only available to internal DCJ staff
  • Upcoming webinar: Supporting children living with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and their carers –Tuesday 27 May 2025

View May 2025 issue

FACSIAR News Bites – April 2025
  • Searches for human services in NSW – data updated to January 2025
  • Services for children and young people – quarterly data updated to Oct-Dec 2024
  • Caseworker statistics – quarterly data updated to Oct-Dec 2024
  • Social housing waiting list – data updated to February 2025
  • Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study (POCLS) research evidence on placement stability for children in out-of-home care presented at DCJ Practice Conference 2025
  • Upcoming webinar: Understanding child sexual exploitation: policy and practice implications – Tuesday 22 April 2025

View April 2025 issue

FACSIAR News Bites – March 2025
  • Aboriginal-led dashboard on children and families – data updated to 2023-24 including new measures
  • Social housing waiting list and median waiting times – data updated to January 2025
  • Housing Rent and Sales Reports – data updated to December 2024 for rent and September 2024 for sales
  • Research publications summarising key findings and insights from recent Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study publications, and a complete list of all Study publications and resources available for download since 2011 to February 2025.
  • Research on young people’s lived experience of relational practices in therapeutic residential care and on child protection contacts as an early prevention opportunity to support child development and well-being.
  • Upcoming webinar: Findings and recommendations from the Targeted Earlier Intervention program evaluation – Wednesday 19th March 2025

View March 2025 issue

FACSIAR News Bites – February 2025
  • The release of Annual Statistical Report 2023-24, Targeted Earlier Intervention and Family Connect and Support 2023-24 dashboards, and new statistics on child protection, out-of-home care, social housing and homelessness.
  • Research publications on child maltreatment, outcomes for children and young people in out-of-home care managed by non-government organisations, experiences of young people leaving care, demographics of children and young people in residential care, birth rates and placement patterns among care-experience young mothers, and adolescent mental disorders following childhood maltreatment.
  • New evaluations of the Targeted Earlier Intervention program, Family Connect and Support program and Future Directions for Social Housing in NSW.
  • Upcoming webinar: Safe, protected, connected: Applying Aboriginal understandings of permanency and attachment in practice. 

View February 2025 issue

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