Australian Children’s Wellbeing Index

UNICEF Australia and ARACY are working to understand what it takes to make Australia an even better place for children to grow up in. Together in 2021 they developed the Australian Children’s Wellbeing Index to provide a picture of how children are faring across all aspects of wellbeing and how that is changing over time. The wellbeing of Australia’s children […]

Showing the Light

Image of cover of Showing the Light report. The image is of a newborn baby, their head is being cradled in a mothers hands.

While rates of teenage pregnancy have been declining in the general population, rates for young parents with experience of Out of Home Care (OOHC) and other vulnerable young people are disproportionally high and have remained stable over time. Moreover, young people with experience of the care system are more likely to parent young, their children […]

Engaging father’s: Evidence review

This report aims to set out the knowledge and implementation support that is mostly likely to be effective in changing practice to fully engage fathers in Family and Children services. Research, published between 2008-2014, linking fathers’ behaviours with children’s wellbeing is reviewed and barriers and facilitators to including fathers in services are identified. Effective approaches to father inclusion […]