policies that have a negative capacity to identify domestic and the initiation of a number of family violence programs that are flagship evaluations of or negligible impact. Good successful and effective in strategy-related initiatives to evaluations are critical to addressing issues of violence as assess the implementation identifying cost-effective well as those that may be process, outcomes and programs that achieve inefficient or ineffective. explicitly specified objectives. The evaluation framework will be regular reporting on families’ Over time, the evaluation of wellbeing and exposure to designed to assess the impact of multiple initiatives and their the broader reform program as violence over time as an outcomes leads to the indicator of our success in well as specific initiatives. emergence of a reliable The framework will include: responding to domestic and evidence base that can be family violence. a structured review of the readily drawn upon for future a capacity building way in which the strategy is policy-making exercises. component designed to implemented, giving The evaluation framework encourage and support particular consideration to evaluation of initiatives the governance, resourcing The purpose of the evaluation implemented in the strategy. and practices associated with framework is to enhance our implementation.
policies that have a negative or negligible impact. Good evaluations are critical to identifying cost-effective programs that achieve explicitly specified objectives. Over time, the evaluation of multiple initiatives and their outcomes leads to the emergence of a reliable evidence base that can be readily drawn upon for future policy-making exercises. The evaluation framework The purpose of the evaluation framework is to enhance our capacity to identify domestic and family violence programs that are successful and effective in addressing issues of violence as well as those that may be inefficient or ineffective. The evaluation framework will be designed to assess the impact of the broader reform program as well as specific initiatives. The framework will include: a structured review of the way in which the strategy is implemented, giving particular consideration to the governance, resourcing and practices associated with implementation. the initiation of a number of flagship evaluations of strategy-related initiatives to assess the implementation process, outcomes and regular reporting on families’ wellbeing and exposure to violence over time as an indicator of our success in responding to domestic and family violence. a capacity building component designed to encourage and support evaluation of initiatives implemented in the strategy.