Social Policy Papers & Briefs
The Social Justice Unit informs debate and decision-making among community sector advocates and practitioners, policy makers, politicians, opinion leaders and the broader community. Our papers and briefs examine social policy issues impacting on the lives of vulnerable children, young people and families. They also form the basis of our advocacy and campaigns.
2011
- UCCYPF briefing paper on Early Childhood Education and Care to the NSW Minister for Education
UnitingCare Children Young People and Families Policy Briefing Paper, April 2011 - UCCYPF briefing paper on School Suspension to the NSW Minister for Education
UnitingCare Children Young People and Families Policy Briefing Paper, April 2011 - NSW Ombudsman’s Annual Report 2009/10: Providing a summary of key points and concerns raised in the Ombudsman’s Annual Report relating to child protection
UnitingCare Children Young People and Families Policy Briefing Note, January 2011 - New Australian Social Inclusion Board research reports
UnitingCare Children Young People and Families Policy Briefing Note, April 2011 - Reducing the number of children in the US foster care system: Notes from the talk by Tracey Feild from Annie E. Casey Foundation hosted by ACWA on 16 May 2011
UnitingCare Children Young People and Families Policy Briefing Note, May 2011 - Early childhood education and care
UnitingCare Children Young People and Families Policy Brief, May 2011 - Policy and research on optimal quantity of early childhood education and care provision
UnitingCare Children Young People and Families Policy Briefing Note, May 2011 - NSW Health Sustaining NSW Families Program
UnitingCare Children Young People and Families Policy Briefing Note, June 2011 - NSW Health policy directions relating to prevention and screening for otitis media and conductive hearing loss in Aboriginal Children
UnitingCare Children Young People and Families Policy Briefing Note, August 2011
2010
- Identifying solutions to homelessness in NSW
UnitingCare Children Young People and Families position paper, December 2010 - Mapping the Road Home: Tracing responses to homelessness in NSW
UnitingCare Children Young People and Families background paper, December 2010
Grandparent Kinship Care in NSW: UnitingCare Burnside supporting grandparent kinship carers
UnitingCare Burnside, May 2010
2009
- Come Together: four stories from young graduates of the Parents as Mentors Program
- Releasing the pressure on remand: Bail support solutions for children and young people in NSW
UnitingCare Burnside position paper, October 2009 - Locked in Remand: Children and young people on remand in New South Wales
UnitingCare Burnside background paper, February 2009
2008
- Social Inclusion - Making a difference for children and young people at risk of lifetime disadvantage
UnitingCare Children, Young People and Families Background Paper, June 2008
