Table 4 Number of funded projects and key characteristics of the 10 ParentsNext LGAs State LGA ARIA type IRSD decile IRSD decile % of No. of No. of Estimated IRSD (national) (state) income people on projects no. of decile support Parenting funded (national) recipients Payment at per full on 30 June financial Parenting 2016 year Payment at 30 June 2016 NSW Bankstown Major 3 2 9.2 4,632 4 3,700 Cities NSW Shellharbour Major 5 4 7.4 1,378 3 2,700 Cities NSW Wyong Major 4 6 7.1 3,467 2 1,100 Cities VIC Greater Inner 4 2 8.1 1,460 2 1,200 Shepparton Regional VIC Hume Major 4 2 9.6 4,679 4 3,600 Cities QLD Logan Major 5 7 11.6 8,268 7 6,200 Cities QLD Rockhampton Inner 6 7 8.9 2,589 3 1,500 Regional SA Playford Major 1 1 12.7 3,864 4 2,900 Cities WA Kwinana Major 5 4 12.2 909 1 600 Cities TAS Burnie Outer 2 4 7.1 462 1 400 Regional Total – – – – – – 31 23,900 Source: ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas; RED. Evaluation methodology Scope The department conducted an evaluation of the ParentsNext Projects for the operational period of 4 April 2016 to 30 June 2017 in accordance with the Program Logic (Appendix C). A number of major pieces of research, including an impact analysis, commissioned surveys and qualitative research, were undertaken to inform the testing of the key evaluation questions outlined in Table 5 below. To the extent possible, the views of stakeholders were included in the ParentsNext evaluation.. Table 5 Key evaluation questions Key evaluation questions What were the main policy drivers for ParentsNext?
Table 4 Number of funded projects and key characteristics of the 10 ParentsNext LGAs State LGA ARIA type IRSD decile (national) IRSD decile (national) IRSD decile (state) % of income support recipients on Parenting Payment at 30 June 2016 No. of people on Parenting Payment at 30 June 2016 No. of projects funded Estimated no. of per full financial year NSW Bankstown Major Cities 3 2 9.2 4,632 4 3,700 NSW Shellharbour Major Cities 5 4 7.4 1,378 3 2,700 NSW Wyong Major Cities 4 6 7.1 3,467 2 1,100 VIC Greater Shepparton Inner Regional 4 2 8.1 1,460 2 1,200 VIC Hume Major Cities 4 2 9.6 4,679 4 3,600 QLD Logan Major Cities 5 7 11.6 8,268 7 6,200 QLD Rockhampton Inner Regional 6 7 8.9 2,589 3 1,500 SA Playford Major Cities 1 1 12.7 3,864 4 2,900 WA Kwinana Major Cities 5 4 12.2 909 1 600 TAS Burnie Outer Regional 2 4 7.1 462 1 400 Total – – – – – – 31 23,900 Source: ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas; RED. Evaluation methodology Scope The department conducted an evaluation of the ParentsNext Projects for the operational period of 4 April 2016 to 30 June 2017 in accordance with the Program Logic (Appendix C). A number of major pieces of research, including an impact analysis, commissioned surveys and qualitative research, were undertaken to inform the testing of the key evaluation questions outlined in Table 5 below. To the extent possible, the views of stakeholders were included in the ParentsNext evaluation.. Table 5 Key evaluation questions Key evaluation questions What were the main policy drivers for ParentsNext?
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