Action description:
The Closing the Gap Outcomes and Evidence Fund (the Fund) provides funding to Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisations to co-design, trial and evaluate culturally appropriate projects that contribute to Outcomes 12 and 13, in urban, regional and/or remote areas across Australia. The Fund will focus on building upon the evidence base of what works for service delivery through co-designed reporting and evaluation, tailored data collection and analysis, optional outcomes-based funding, and program and project-specific evaluations.
Priority reform:
All
Outcome:
Outcome 12
Outcome 13
Status:
Existing
Is this Indigenous specific?:
Yes
Indicators:
Note indicators are TBC and will be tailored to each co-designed project: Proportion of children in out-of-home care (0-17 years old) who are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander; Proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women self-reporting physical violence experience, by relationship to perpetrator.
Responsible Ministers:
Minister for Social Services
Resourcing:
$38.6 million
Delivery timeframe:
Expected completion by 31 December 2026
Agency:
Department of Social Services