Working in partnership with Central Queensland Indigenous Development (CQID) this QCDFVR evaluation will take an Indigenist approach that privileges the voice and lived experience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

QCDFVR has been requested to undertake a comprehensive review of Investment Specifications (Specifications) by the Department of Justice and the Attorney-General (DJAG).  Investment Specifications are part of a hierarchy of funding documents for domestic, family, and sexual violence funded services, and there are two current Specifications pertinent to domestic, family, and sexual violence funded services.  Because Recommendation 13 of the Women’s Safety and Justice Taskforce Report highlights the need for a strategic investment plan, it is timely to review the current Specifications.

QCDFVR is undertaking a second and final evaluation of the Strangulation Trauma Centre (STC) model.  In September 2021, the Red Rose Foundation launched the STC to provide immediate and long-term support, counselling, and systems advocacy for women who have experienced non-fatal strangulation. Initially, the Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General (DJAG) commissioned QCDFVR to evaluate a twelve-month trial of the Strangulation Trauma Centre.