Tools and resources

Co-design and EIIF

Co-design between departments and the social service sector is an effective way of building stronger early intervention proposals. Co-design can harness the expertise and insights of service providers and enable more robust development and tracking of outcomes.

Some of the strongest EIIF initiatives funded in recent years have been developed through co-designed processes. DTF welcomes more co-designed early intervention proposals and has prepared the ‘Co-design and the Early Intervention Investment Framework - Guidance paper’ to facilitate engagement between departments and service delivery agencies.

Further information can be found in the following Guidance paper:

Co-design and the Early Intervention Investment Framework - Guidance paper

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Co-design and the Early Intervention Investment Framework - Guidance paper

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Supporting papers

The Guidance paper has been informed by the insights of the Centre for Excellence in Children and Family Welfare (the Centre) and the Victorian Council of Social Service (VCOSS) through their respective pieces of commissioned work.

VCOSS’s ‘Collaboration on the Early Intervention Investment Framework - Recommendations and toolkit’ provides a framework and principles to guide collaboration for early intervention between service providers and departments, and tools to support the process:

Collaboration on the Early Intervention and Investment Framework - Recommendations and toolkit

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Collaboration on the Early Intervention Investment Framework - Recommendations and toolkit

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The Centre’s ‘EIIF: Client Outcomes Measurement’ aims to strengthen collaboration between departments and child and family service providers on EIIF business cases, with a focus on the client outcome measurement and data:

EIIF Client Outcomes Measurement

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EIIF Client Outcomes Measurement

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EIIF Client Outcomes Measurement - Practice Considerations and Implications

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EIIF Client Outcomes Measurement - Practice Considerations and Implications

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Additional research on EIIF

These papers each provide a perspective on how to support the future development and refinement of EIIF over time. We note they are independent research and do not represent the views of the Victorian Government or DTF:

What successful early intervention looks like across the service system

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What successful early intervention looks like across the service system

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Considerations for successful implementation of the Early Intervention Investment Framework (EIIF): a service sector perspective (CFECFW)

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Considerations for successful implementation of the Early Intervention Investment Framework (EIIF): a service sector perspective (CFECFW)

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Implementing the Early Intervention Investment Framework (ANZSOG)

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Implementing the Early Intervention Investment Framework (ANZSOG)

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Measuring early intervention effectiveness: Principles, methods and examples

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EIIF VPS Portal

Information and documents for Victorian Government departments are now available via the secure EIIF VPS Portal.

To access the portal, please submit an access request form. A link to the portal will be sent to your VPS email address once access has been approved.

Please email earlyintervention@dtf.vic.gov.au with any questions on the EIIF VPS Portal.