The NSW Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) is funding and leading the Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study. FACS Analysis and Research has a small team of researchers and statisticians on the study:
- Merran Butler (Chief Investigator)
- Marina Paxman (Project Manager)
- Joanna Hopkins (Data Manager)
- Albert Zhou
- Dr Nafisa Asif
- Dr Proshanta Dey
- Sharon Burke
- Jennifer Lau
- Toula Kypreos.
The study working group
A team of experts are contracted to provide advice on the study design, data collection, data management and undertake longitudinal analysis:
- Professor Judy Cashmore, Law School University of Sydney
- Professor Ilan Katz, Social Policy Research Centre University of NSW
- Associate Professor Paul Gray, Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research UTS (on leave)
- Dr Fred Wulczyn, from the Chapin Hall Centre for Children at the University of Chicago
- Dr Michelle Townsend, University of Wollongong
- Dr Alan Taylor, retired from Macquarie University
- Professor Michael Tarren-Sweeney, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
- Associate Professor Melissa O’Donnell, University of South Australia
- Professor Melissa Green, UNSW
- Professor Amy Conley-Wright, Sydney University
- Associate Professor Dan McAullay, Kurongkurl Katitjin, Edith Cowan University
- Sax Institute, provide data management services and secure storage of the POCLS data in the Secure Unified Research Environment (SURE)
- Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) provided advice on design and data management in the establishment phase
- I-view, an independent social research data collection agency conduct all the face-to-face interviews and on-line surveys
The advisory group
The POCLS Advisory Group include:
- NSW Department of Communities and Justice
- NSW Ministry of Health
- NSW Department of Education
- NSW Department of Customer Service
- CREATE Foundation
- Aboriginal Child, Family and Community Care State Secretariat
- My Forever Family NSW
- Association of Children’s Welfare Agencies
- Office of the Children’s Guardian
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The support agencies
Participants in the study also receive support from:
