Procured through:
NSW Government Performance and Management Services Scheme
Project date: 2022
Project: NSW Department of Communities and Justice Research Strategy 2020-2025
NSW Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ), formerly the NSW Department of Family and Community Services, engaged MHC to work alongside them in an MHC-Client joint team to develop a research strategy. MHC managed the process to develop the strategy, co-designed its components, co-led the consultations and co-led the process to set priorities.
What MHC Did
- Set research priorities
- Design research strategy
- Research impact
- Translate research
- Governance
- Environmental scans and literature reviews
- Stakeholder consultation (including facilitating workshops)
Outcome
The Strategy will enable research that will allow DCJ to deliver evidence-based policy and practice to improve client and community outcomes. It will support DCJ to achieve their long-term priorities, by guiding strategic work with the research and human services sector to close the critical evidence gaps.
The research produced will provide actionable insights to improve service delivery that will generate real and lasting impact.
“We were very satisfied with the services provided by MHC and will definitely engage them again in the future. The research strategy was approved by the Secretary and relevant Ministers and was launched in 2020. The strategy has enabled research that will allow us to deliver evidence-based policy and practice to improve client and community outcomes”.
Executive Director, NSW Department of Communities and JusticeMHC Services
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- MRFF 10-year Investment Plan
- MRFF Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Strategy.
