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StephenBartosCEOARACY

9November2017

Measuringoutcomesforchildrenandyouth

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Australia

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Australia haskangaroos

Austria hasschnitzels

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Australia&theUSA

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Australia• Largecountry,smallpopulation– only23million• 7millionchildrenandyouth(ages0-24)• Around5%ofthoseaged0-24areAboriginaland/orTorresStraitIslander

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Australia• Almost20%ofchildrenwerebornoverseas• Around25%ofchildrenspeakalanguageotherthanEnglishathome

• Ofwhom>halfspeakalanguagefromAsia

(Source:AustralianBureauofStatistics)

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AustralianEarlyDevelopmentCensus

Around1in5childrenweredevelopmentallyvulnerableinoneormoredomainin2015.

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ARACYseekstoimprovethelivesofyoungAustralians.Webaseourworkonevidence,transformingresearchintorelevantandusableinformationforpolicyandpracticestoimprovethewellbeingofchildrenandyoungpeople

AboutARACY

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WhyisARACYunique?• Theonlyorganisation inAustraliathatcoversallofthe

keydeterminantsofchildandyouthwellbeing• IdentifiedinTheNest(followingslides)

• Agerange0-24• Evidencefocus• Preventionandearlyintervention

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TheNestisaframeworktoalignandsupporttheeffortsofchildren,youngpeople,parents,serviceprovidersandpolicymakersinimprovingwellbeingandprospectsofchildrenandyouth

Firmlyevidencebased- codesignedwithover5000children,youth,parents,researchers,practitioners.

q Sixoutcomeareasq Prioritiesforinvestmentq Strategiestosupporttheseq Measurementframework

TheNest

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CULTURE AND IDENTITY

TheNestactionagenda

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TheNest- LovedandSafe

• Positive,supportivefamilyenvironment• Positiveparentingpractices• Positive,trustedpeerrelationships• Communitysafety• Childrennotplacedincare,youthnotindetention

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TheNest–MaterialBasics

• Foodandclothing• Housing• Incomeequality• Parentalandyouthemployment

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TheNest– Healthy

• Healthybirthweight• Immunisationrates• Nutrition,activityandhealthyweight• Dentalhealth• Mentalhealth

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TheNest– Learning

• Earlylearningparticipation(preschool)• Reduceddevelopmentalvulnerability• Parentalengagementinchildren’slearning• PerformanceinEnglish,MathsandScience• Schoolretentionandstudentengagement

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TheNest– Participating

• Youthabletohaveasayindecisionsthataffectthem• Votingenrolmentbyyoungpeople• Useandengagementoftechnologyandsocialmedia• Membershipofsocial,community,orcivicgroups

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Participation:whereadultsandkidsdisagreemost• Weconsultedmorethan5000peopleforTheNest,

including1400youngpeople• Mostlytheyagreedbut…

• Youngpeopleratedtheirabilitytoparticipatemuchlowerthandidadults• Dowegenuinely listentokids?

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TheNest– PositiveSenseofcultureandidentity

• Centraltothewellbeingofchildrenandyouth• ParticularlyimportantforIndigenous,refugeeandnonEnglishbackgroundchildren

• Includesspiritualwellbeing

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AcurrentcultureandidentityissueinAustralia:samesexmarriage

• Nationalsurveyonlegalisingsamesexmarriage–votingclosedtwodaysago,November7th

• PositivesenseofidentityessentialtowellbeingofchildrenofsamesexparentsandLGBTIyouth

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• Isthetoolwhichembodiestheoutcomesthinkingembedded byTheNest

• BasedonResultsBasedAccountability(RBA)Framework• Startswiththedesiredoutcomesandworksbackwards

toidentifythemostappropriatemeanstoachievethese

TheNest– ResultsScorecard

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• SoftwareallowsorganisationstodocumentandtrackprogresstowardsmeasurableNestindicatorsandoutcomes

• Captureswhatservices/activitieswereprovidedandhowwell

• OrganisationscanselectNestoutcomesandindicatorswhicharedirectlyrelevanttotheirsetting

TheNest– ResultsScorecard

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• Apracticalapproachtoimprovingthewellbeingofchildrenandfamilies

• BasedonTheNest

TheNest inActionTheCommonApproach

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TheCommonApproach–whatisit?

Aflexiblewayofworkingtohelpeveryone

havequalityconversationswithyoungpeopleandfamilies

aboutallaspectsoftheirwellbeing

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CommonApproach–WellbeingWheel

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FourpracticesaretheessenceoftheCommonApproach

• Child-centred• Strengths-based• Holistic• Workinginpartnershipwithfamilies

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CommonApproachresources

• WellbeingWheels

• QuestionBooklets

• Guide

• Wellbeingposter

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GroupDiscussion

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WhydoesTheNestlookfamiliar?

• Thereareotherframeworksthatmaylooksimilar

• It’stheirrelianceonresearch– forprogramdesignandmeasuringeffectiveness- thatmakesthemappearsimilar

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WhousesTheNest?

• MaribyrnongCityCouncil• MorelandCityCouncil• MooneeValley• GoldFields (allVictoria)• EveryChildSucceeds(Tas)• Palmerston:GrowWell

LiveWell(NT)• TheHiveMtDruitt(New

SouthWales)• ConnectingCommunity

forKids– Cockburn&Kwinana (WesternAust)

• TogetherintheSouth(SA)

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WhousesTheNest?

Logantogether- a10yearintegratedcommunityprogramtocreatethebestlifeopportunitiesforeverychildinLogan(adistrictinBrisbane,Queensland)

“WeareusingTheNest astheAustralianstandardfordescribingchildwellbeingandwerefertoitasanauthoritativesourceinthatregard.”

MatthewCox,Director,LoganTogether

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LoganTogether– casestudy

Evidencebased:

• 45,000childrenunder8yearsinLogan(2016)• Around13,000needextrahelptoreachtheirpotential

• Year3NAPLANresults(astandardisedschooltest)andtheAustralianEarlyDevelopmentCensus(AEDC)revealedagapinhowwellchildrenaredevelopinginLogancomparedwithStateandnationalaverages

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LoganTogether– theneed

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PercentageofChildrenVulnerablein1+AEDCDomains

Logan Queensland Australia Victoria

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LoganTogether– scoreboard• BigResults-measuresoftheachievementofdevelopmentoutcomes

themselves

• BigInfluences - amuchlargergroupofmeasuresthatareeitherimportantdeterminantsofchilddevelopment(suchaskindergartenattendance),orimportantmeasuresofchildwellbeing(likegoodteeth),whichdon’tmeettheBigResultscriteria

• Datagapsidentified – particularlyalackofinformationabouthowchildrenaged1to3aredoing

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LoganTogether– scoreboard

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LoganTogether– scoreboard• Largelybasedondatasetsalreadycaptured

• Aretargeted

• Aremeasurableovertime

….anddatagapshavebeenidentifiedandarebeingworkedon.

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OtherRBA/ScorecardusersIntereach - Riverina Murray(RegionalNSW)Acommunityorganizationwhichdeliversarangeofservices;aged,disability,mentalhealthsupport• UsetheRBAframeworktoimproveperformanceincommunityserviceinteragencies andnetworks

• SeeRBAasoutcomes-focused,lowcostandimplementable• CreditRBAwithallowingthemtoclarifypriorities,assistplanninganddevelopment

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OtherRBA/ScorecardusersGatewayFamilyServices(BlueMountainsNSW)Welfareserviceforfamilies• ShiftedtoRBAwithgovernment/funderfocusonoutcomes• ScorecardandRBAprovidinginformationfundersrequire.• TheRBAFrameworkhasenabledadoptionofaformalprocesstoreinforceservicedeliverygoalsbackedbyevidence

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OtherRBA/Scorecardusers

TamworthFamilySupportServices(RegionalNSW)Childandfamilysupport,homelessnessservices• UsedRBAandScorecardtoaskhoweffectivetheywere• CredittheRBAframeworkwith:

Ø Forcingthemtoexamineeachprogramfromtheclient’sperspective- discoveredtheirideas/opinionswerenotalwaysthoseoftheclients

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OtherRBA/ScorecardusersParramatta/HolroydFamilySupport(SydneyNSW)Community-basedfamilysupportservice• RBAusedtodescriberesultsachievedwithfamiliesandreporttomanagementandfundingbodies

• Makespositiveimpactoftheservicemorevisible,whichisrewardingandmotivatingforfamiliesandstaff

• TheyseeRBAashelpingmaintainandthewisdomandknowledgeofexperiencedworkersandtransfertoothers

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TwopaperspreparedbyARACY:• Dataandcommunity:howCollectiveImpactinitiativesin

Australiausedatatosupportaction.• Buildingfromthebasics:approachestogovernanceand

collaborationinAustralianCollectiveImpactinitiatives.– FundedbytheAustralianDepartmentofSocialServices– Tobepublishedthismonth

CollectiveimpactinAustralia

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ThenewARACYworkrevealstheimportanceofdata• Datacollectionsupportscollaborationbycreatinganurgency

forchange,highlightingcoreissues,trackingprogramsuccessanddrivingshareddecisionmaking

• Datacollectionacrossstatesandterritoriesneedstobeoutcomesfocused,timely,consistent,andmorereadilyavailableinordertobeeffective

CollectiveimpactinAustralia

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Measurementistheexception

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20%

Organisationsmeasuringoutcomes

Nomeasurement Developingmeasurement Developedmeasurement

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Whyismeasurementnotthenorm?

• Lackofdata– restricted,non-existent,non-consistent• Lackofcollaboration– betweenorganisationsanddatasets

&systems• Capacity – skillsandsystems• Feartheoutcomesofunfavourablefindings

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Aproposition:notonedollarshouldbespentonprogramsforchildren…

• Withoutevidencetosupportprogramdesign

• Withoutevidenceofeffectiveness(orforastart-up,afirmplantocollectthatevidence)

…yourthoughts?

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AustralianotasfardownthedataandmeasurementtrailasARACYwouldprefer

Lookingtolearnfromyourexperience

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Final comments and discussion