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999			_c5807 _d5807
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008			180404s2018 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a978-0-9945950-6-5
040			_aAFVC
100			_aCoumarelos, Christine _97473
245			_aLegal Aid NSW Domestic Violence Unit : _bprocess evaluation of the first nine months _cChristine Coumarelos, Suzie Forell, Amanda Wilson and Maria Karras
260			_aSydney, NSW : _bLaw and Justice Foundation, _c2018
300			_aelectronic document (132 pages); PDF file
520			_aThe Domestic Violence Unit (DVU) of Legal Aid New South Wales (Legal Aid NSW) began operation in January 2016. It was established in response to an identified need for a more integrated and intensive response to the complex legal and non-legal needs of people experiencing or at serious risk of domestic and/or family violence (DFV). The DVU includes both lawyers and dedicated social workers and provides free legal advice, assistance, advocacy, ongoing litigation casework and social work support to help people experiencing DFV to stay safe and rebuild their lives. The DVU operates duty lawyer services at four local courts, two legal advice clinics, a telephone/email/webcam legal advice line and social work support services, and provides grants of legal aid. The Law and Justice Foundation of NSW (the Foundation) was engaged by Legal Aid NSW to articulate a program logic for the DVU that would detail the DVU’s aims, nature and desired outputs and outcomes. Using this program logic as a basis, the Foundation was engaged to conduct a process evaluation of the DVU’s first nine months of operation, to examine its early implementation and inform any refinements to improve its operation. The Foundation also developed an evaluation framework that included a plan for the ongoing monitoring of the DVU, as well as a broad plan for an outcome evaluation to assess the DVU’s impact on client outcomes, which was to be conducted at a later date. This report focuses on the process evaluation of the DVU, but also presents the program logic and broad evaluation framework. The process evaluation of the first nine months of implementation of the DVU indicates that, overall, the DVU appears to be operating consistently with its aims. The DVU reached disadvantaged people, predominantly women, who were experiencing DFV. More than two-thirds (69.1%) of DVU clients had dependants, more than half (51.8%) spoke a main language other than English, two-thirds (67.6%) were not employed and almost two-thirds (63.7%) received government benefits. (From the Executive summary). Record #5807
610			_aLegal Aid NSW Domestic Violence Unit _97474
650			_aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE _9203
650			_aEVALUATION _9236
650			_aFAMILY LAW _9244
650			_aINTERVENTION _9326
650			_aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE _9431
650			_aJUSTICE _9333
650		0	_96133 _aLEGAL AID
650		0	_aLEGAL SERVICES _9344
650		0	_aSOCIAL WORK _9560
650		4	_aSUPPORT SERVICES _9591
651		4	_aAUSTRALIA _92597
700			_aForell, Suzie _97475
700			_aWilson, Amanda _97476
700			_aKarras, Maria _97477
856			_uhttp://www.lawfoundation.net.au/ljf/site/articleIDs/2F51E86CB837FB128525822700048FB6/$file/DVU_eval_Legal_Aid_NSW.pdf
942			_2ddc _cREPORT