Child and Family Welfare Association of Australia Inc. (CAFWAA)

National audit of research into out-of-home care

The CAFWAA/ACWA Audit of Australian Out-Of-Home Care Research was launched in Canberra on October 29 by Associate Professor Dorothy Scott OAM. This landmark publication reports on the first national audit of Australian out-of-home care research. The audit, which was conducted during 2004, identifies all completed or continuing out-of-home care research projects in Australia in the ten year period 1995 - 2004, analyses strengths and gaps in the current research effort and identifies priorities for future research. The audit reports on the resources provided for child welfare research in Australia, places the Australian research activity within an international context and presents recommendations for the development of a national research agenda in this area.

The report contains listings of all research projects, key child welfare documents and research publications and is an essential document for all who are concerned with the development of research, policy and practice in child welfare in Australia.

The audit was conducted by Dr Judy Cashmore and Dr Frank Ainsworth for the Child and Family Welfare Association of Australia (CAFWAA) and the Association of Childrens Welfare Agencies (ACWA) with a grant provided by the Ian Potter Foundation.

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