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Family Justice Services Western
Final Evaluation

RESEARCH REPORT

2004-FCY-8E

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Prepared by:
IHRD

Presented to:
Family, Children and Youth Section
Department of Justice Canada

The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Department of Justice Canada.

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    2005


TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF TABLES

LIST OF FIGURES

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1.0   INTRODUCTION

1.1   Development of Family Law Services in Canada / Newfoundland and Labrador
1.2   Family Justice Services Western
1.3   Evaluation Objectives / Approach
1.4   Methodology
1.5   Reader's Guide to the Report

2.0   PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

2.1   Vision, Mission, Beliefs, Goals and Objectives
2.2   Rationale / Design
2.3   Administration / Governance
2.4   Service Access: Nature and Rationale
2.5   Staffing Structure: Rationale and Description of Incumbents
2.6   Service Description
2.7   Service Utilization
2.8   Budget

3.0   EVALUATION RESULTS

4.0   CONCLUSIONS

APPENDIX 1:      RECALCULATION OF SUPPORT ORDERS SURVEY REPORT

APPENDIX 1A:   RECALCULATION SURVEY INSTRUMENT

APPENDIX 2:      FAMILY JUSTICE WESTERN SURVEY RESULTS

APPENDIX 3:      KEY INFORMANT GUIDE

APPENDIX 4:      PARTICIPANT INTERVIEW GUIDE

ENDNOTES

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1   Recalculation

Table 2   FJSW File Status Information

Table 3   Services Provided to Closed Files—FJSW

Table 4   Results of Resolved Files—FJSW

Table 5   Results of Unresolved Files—FJSW

Table 6   Legal Issues Covered and the Number of Resolved, Unresolved, Active, and HRE Files to the end of June 2002—FJSW

Table 7   Counselling Statistics—FJSW

Table 8   Client Characteristics—FJSW


LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1    Family Justice Services Western

Figure 2    Recalculation of Court Orders


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