Client Pathways reports present data insights on the use of government services by people who are at risk of or experiencing social disadvantage. They seek to:
- inform policy and program design, particularly Partnership Addressing Disadvantage (PAD) and Early Intervention Investment Framework (EIIF) initiatives
- allow the social services sector to draw linkages between their own work and specific service systems to identify service needs and gaps
- improve the quantification of avoided costs of potential early intervention initiatives.
Each Client Pathways report uses linked administrative data on government-funded services (e.g. across health, justice and homelessness services). This enables analysis of how individuals use government services across different service types and over time. Government service interactions are highly individual, however analysis of the data can highlight themes across cohorts, and these insights can be used to support the design and delivery of early intervention initiatives.
The Department of Treasury and Finance will work with relevant departments to analyse linked data across Government services for inclusion in Client Pathways reports. Client Pathways reports will be released periodically and published below.
If you have any questions or suggestions for focus areas or cohorts for future Client Pathways reports, please contact earlyintervention@dtf.vic.gov.au.
Released reports
Experiences of young people seeking alcohol and other drug treatment in Victoria (analysis completed July 2024)
This report examines the experiences of young people who first received alcohol and other drug (AOD) support or treatment in 2019 and analyses their use of other government services in the years before and after.
It explores service interactions of those young people by gender and by other co-occurring needs, including their interactions with mental health, justice, out of home care and the education system.
Young multicultural Victorians at risk of unemployment (analysis completed July 2024)
This report draws on Victorian government and Australian Bureau of Statistics data to build a picture of service interactions, and educational and employment outcomes for young people born overseas living in eight local government areas. These areas were selected based on their relative disadvantage, youth unemployment, and number of young people born overseas.
The report compares service use between young people born overseas and their peers within the same local government area, as well as across Victoria.
People leaving prison, their experiences of homelessness and reoffending (August 2024)
This report focuses on people leaving prison, and their experiences of homelessness and reoffending.
The analysis within this report was first conducted to inform the Arc PAD, which in partnership with Social Ventures Australia and Vacro, provides specialised case management and housing support to people leaving prison, to help reduce reoffending and homelessness.
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