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Evaluation of the Intensive Case Management and Navigator Initiatives

June 2022

The Intensive Case Management and Navigator Initiatives aim to improve the wellbeing of clients in their current situation, enabling them to better engage with public and private housing and sustain housing in the long term.
Funding Round Open

Round 7 of the Children and Families Research Fund is open

The Fund allows successful applicants access to Growing Up in NZ longitudinal data to answer a policy relevant research question. Applications close 19 August 2022.

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Impact of Budget-19 on Sexual Violence Services and the Sector: Baseline Survey

This report sought to identify how the government’s Budget-19 funding has impacted Sexual Violence Service agencies so far, and their plans and expectations for the funding over the remaining two years of their contract.

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