Research & Evidence Development
Created to build the evidence for the benefits of VALS’ legal and culturally safe support services.
The Research and Evidence Development (RED) unit has been created to build the evidence for the benefits of VALS’ legal and support services, to support design of innovative justice programs, and to undertake research that informs our vital policy advocacy work and responses to community need. The Unit is responsible for a range of functions, both the research and evaluation fronts. This includes:
- Finalising a self-determining, strategic research agenda that advances VALS’ strategic directions
- Forging key strategic research partnerships and securing research funding to advance that agenda
- Building the capacity of VALS to better monitor and evaluate its services in a culturally safe and appropriate way and tell the stories of its impact
At the moment, the team is involved with:
- First Nations Cultural Capability Uplift pilot training evaluation.
- Balit Ngulu Youth Engagement Program.
- Balit Ngulu integrated response (addressing legal needs spanning the Child Protection, youth justice, family law and civil law (Family Violence) domains).
- Aboriginal Family Centred Youth Justice Program.