Review of Data and Outcomes for the Permanency Support Program (PSP) Data Roadmap

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
ACCP were commissioned by the Association of Children's Welfare Agencies (ACWA), the NSW Child, Family and Community Peak Aboriginal Corporation (AbSec), and the NSW Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) to undertake a review of data collection in the Permanency Support Program (PSP). This work was prompted by concerns from both the Government funders of the PSP and from the Non-Government and Aboriginal Controlled sector. ACCP undertook this task as a three-stage process:
1. An analysis of program documentation and consults with DCJ to develop a program logic and an outcomes logic to identify the key constructs and assumptions about how the PSP would influence outcomes.
2. Development of a set of indicators for these constructs and assumptions and options for collecting data that would not easily lend themselves to being an indicator.
3. A consultation process to examine the importance of the identified indicators to the wider sector and the ease of collection of this data.