This is a 2023 evaluation of the Ready Steady Family program commissioned by North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network and delivered by Drummond Street Services. It was published by Drummond Street Service’s Centre for Family Research and Evaluation in partnership with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute.
It shows the program is improving mental health and wellbeing among its users. Target cohorts are being reached, with a third of parents and caregivers in the program born overseas, and one in five speaking a language other than in English in the home.