Atkinson, Kerr and Associates

Some of AKA's recent work

2010

• Evaluation of Aboriginal Substance Misuse Connection Program, for the Department for Families and Communities, South Australia
  

2009

• Strategic action plan: Closing the gap in Indigenous health outcomes in the Gippsland region
  

• Needs Study of Drug and Alcohol substance misuse services to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community in South Australia
  

• Economic Development Opportunities from Increased Access to Land and Natural Resources
  AKA gathered information and conducted analysis to identify the economic opportunities offering the greatest potential which can be generated from access to and use of natural resources for Indigenous people in Victoria, including those likely to arise from potential native title reforms, particularly sustainable commercial use and access to natural resources.

• Organisational review of Gumbi Gumbi Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation
  OATSIH commissioned this organisational review of the Gumbi Gumbi Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation's governance, constitution, service delivery and human resource performance.

2008

• Case-Study Evaluation of the Aboriginal Justice Agreement in Warmun, Midland, Port Hedland and Geraldton
  The WA Attorney-General's department commissioned this evaluation of the effectiveness of the process employed at four sites to establish their Local Justice Forum under the AJA.
• Evaluation(s) of the Service Development and Reporting Framework Trial Sites
  Reporting Framework (SDRF) pilot which was trialled in 34 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and substance use services across Australia.
• Asset Based Community Plan for the Central Highlands Local Indigenous Network for the Department for Communities Victoria (in progress).
• Asset Based Community Plan for the Werribee Local Indigenous Network for the Department for Communities Victoria (in progress).
• Facilitated Koori Court Annual Conference and also Koori Court Unit's Strategic Plan 2008 - 2011 for Department of Justice.

2007

• East Gippsland Indigenous Health Consortium: facilitated the development of the Commonwealth’s Healthy for Life Program, Department of Health and Ageing.
• Facilitated establishment of Local Indigenous Networks in the Maribyrnong, Werribee, Lakes Entrance and Whittlesea communities for Department of Community Development and Planning.
• Evaluation of the Masters Degree Scholarship in Public Health for Indigenous AustraliansPublic Health Branch, Department of Human Services.

2006

• The Way Ahead: Strategic Directions, Planning and Development Project (Consultation undertaken on behalf of Chiltern and District Health Service Inc., 2006)

• Project to evaluate the Second Stage of the Service Development and Reporting Framework Trial Sites (Department of Health and Ageing, Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, 2006)

2005

• Evaluation of the Better Outcomes in Mental Health and More Allied Health Services Initiatives (Limestone Coast Division of General Practice, 2005)
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• Review of the Victorian Aboriginal Justice Agreement Agreement (Department of Justice, Victoria, 2005)
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• Access to Health Services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in Melbourne (Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, 2005)
  
  
• Project to Evaluate the Service Development and Reporting Framework Trial (Department of Health and Ageing, Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, 2005)
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  The full report (PDF 283KB) is available on the Department's website.
  
  
• Grampians Region Palliative Care Plan 2005-2009 (Grampians Region Palliative Care Consortium, 2005)
  
  
• Indigenous Health Services in the Yarra Valley: Three Year Plan for the Transition of Governance (Department of Health and Ageing, Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, 2005)
  

2004

• Waranga Memorial Hospital and Nursing Home (Rushworth): Needs Analysis and Service Plan (Goulburn Valley Health, 2004)
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• Review of Primary Health Care Needs of the Indigenous Community in Swan Hill (Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, 2004)
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• Victorian Homelessness Strategy Indigenous Service Mapping Project (Department of Human Services Office of Housing and the Aboriginal Housing Board of Victoria, 2004)
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• VEAC Angahook-Otway Investigation, Report on Consultations with the Indigenous Community (Victorian Environment Assessment Council, 2004)
  VEAC's final report
  

2003

• Barwon South West and Grampians Regional Aboriginal Justice Advisory Committee (Department of Justice, 2003)
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• Purro Birik Social and Emotional Wellbeing Strategy 1999-2002: Evaluation Report (Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations Incorporated and the Department of Human Services Mental Health Branch, 2003)
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• Review of Woolatbe Werna Social and Emotional Wellbeing Program (Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Victorian Department of Human Services Mental Health and Disability Services, 2003)
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• Review of the Koori Needs for Community Based Palliative Care Services within the Grampians Region (Grampians Region Palliative Care Alliance and Victorian Department of Human Services, 2003)
  The full report is available through the DHS website.