Child Care and Family Service Hubs Impact Study in Rural and Regional Communities

据称，将儿童保育、保健、教育和家庭支助服务相结合是提高成果和建立社区社会资本的有效战略。尽管围绕整合服务开展了国际活动，特别是在农村/区域地点，但没有经过充分验证的服务整合模式，也没有衡量对当地社区影响的明确手段。我们将与五个政府和社区机构合作，追踪昆士兰农村综合服务中心的发展，验证“最佳实践”模式，并制定多维度的衡量标准，以评估社区影响。潜在的好处包括一个促进服务、跟踪干预措施和建立社区社会资本的“工具包”。

Integration of childcare, health, education and family support services is claimed to be an effective strategy for enhancing outcomes and building community social capital. Despite international activity around integrating services, particularly in rural/regional locations, there exist no well-validated models of service integration and no clear means of measuring the impact on local communities. In collaboration with five government and community agencies we will trace the development of rural multi-services hubs in Queensland, validate 'best-practice' models and produce a multi-dimensional measure to assess community impact. Potential benefits include a 'toolkit' for facilitating service, tracking interventions and building community social capital.