Building technologies and engagement processes for using spatialised data to enhance family and community outcomes in a region experiencing major change.

新南威尔士州政府的“家庭第一倡议”（FFI）旨在为有子女的家庭提供更有效的服务。FFI机构需要了解儿童的生活环境、处境不利的风险以及干预方案的有效性。该项目采用创新技术和程序，制定便于监测的、规模精细的指标。合作者为项目带来了提供服务的专业技能。该大学的研究人员带来了统计/空间建模和政策分析方面的跨学科专业知识。成果包括博士培训、机构间参与技能、新指标技术、对量化和国家理论文献的高影响贡献，以及正在进行的社会空间建模设施的开发。

The NSW government's Families First Initiative (FFI) seeks delivery of more effective services to families with children. FFI agencies need information about children's life circumstances, risk of disadvantage, and the effectiveness of intervention programs. The project uses innovative techniques and processes to develop practitioner-friendly, finely-scaled indicators. The collaborators bring professional skills in service delivery to the project. The University researchers bring cross-disciplinary expertise in statistical/spatial modelling and policy analysis. Outcomes include PhD training, inter-agency engagement skills, new indicator techniques, high-impact contributions to literatures on quantification and state theory, and the development of an ongoing socio-spatial modelling facility.