Evaluation of the WDVCAS Hearing Support Pilot

Wangmann, J; Kaye, M; Thomas, K

Evaluation of the WDVCAS Hearing Support Pilot

Wangmann, J

Kaye, M Thomas, K

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Publication Type:: Report
Citation:: 2024
Issue Date:: 2024-03-29

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dc.contributor.author	Wangmann, J https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0812-4214
dc.contributor.author	Kaye, M
dc.contributor.author	Thomas, K
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-28T01:07:23Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-28T01:07:23Z
dc.date.issued	2024-03-29
dc.identifier.citation	2024
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/178417
dc.description.abstract	This report sets out the findings of the independent evaluation of the Women’s Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service (WDVCAS) Hearing Support Pilot Program (the ‘Pilot’). In August 2022 the NSW and Commonwealth governments announced funding under the National Partnership Agreement on Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence Responses 2021-23, for a 12-month pilot to provide non-legal court support for women who are victims in domestic and family violence (DFV) matters that proceed to a defended hearing in the Local Court of NSW. This includes hearings for criminal charges and/or Apprehended Domestic Violence Order (ADVO) matters. The funding for the Pilot is administered by Legal Aid NSW through the Women’s Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Program (WDVCAP). The Pilot commenced in November 2022 and initially funded 14 of the 27 WDVCASs covering 73 courts. After the Evaluation commenced, the Pilot was extended for a further 12 months and expanded to every WDVCAS (from November 2023). The Evaluation focuses on the original 14 Pilot sites, with the remaining 13 sites referred to as ‘non-Pilot sites’ in this report. The Evaluation was commissioned by Legal Aid NSW to assess whether the Pilot was implemented as intended, whether and to what extent it achieved its objectives, and provide advice on whether the Pilot should be continued and/or expanded.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	UTS
dc.relation	Legal Aid Commission of NSW
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.title	Evaluation of the WDVCAS Hearing Support Pilot
dc.type	Report
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Law
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Strength - LRC - Law Research Centre
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Strength - LHJ - Law Health Justice
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dc.date.updated	2024-04-28T01:07:21Z
pubs.commissioning-body	Legal Aid Commission of NSW
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pubs.place-of-publication	Sydney
dc.location	Sydney

Abstract:

This report sets out the findings of the independent evaluation of the Women’s Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service (WDVCAS) Hearing Support Pilot Program (the ‘Pilot’). In August 2022 the NSW and Commonwealth governments announced funding under the National Partnership Agreement on Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence Responses 2021-23, for a 12-month pilot to provide non-legal court support for women who are victims in domestic and family violence (DFV) matters that proceed to a defended hearing in the Local Court of NSW. This includes hearings for criminal charges and/or Apprehended Domestic Violence Order (ADVO) matters. The funding for the Pilot is administered by Legal Aid NSW through the Women’s Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Program (WDVCAP). The Pilot commenced in November 2022 and initially funded 14 of the 27 WDVCASs covering 73 courts. After the Evaluation commenced, the Pilot was extended for a further 12 months and expanded to every WDVCAS (from November 2023). The Evaluation focuses on the original 14 Pilot sites, with the remaining 13 sites referred to as ‘non-Pilot sites’ in this report. The Evaluation was commissioned by Legal Aid NSW to assess whether the Pilot was implemented as intended, whether and to what extent it achieved its objectives, and provide advice on whether the Pilot should be continued and/or expanded.

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