Independent evaluation of headspace: the National Youth Mental Health Foundation: interim evaluation report

Abstract

The Social Policy Research Centre (SPRC) was contracted by headspace and the University of Melbourne (UoM) to conduct the first independent evaluation of headspace in early 2008. It is a longitudinal evaluation with two Waves of data collection (2008 and 2009). This interim report presents data from the first Wave (2008). Most of the Wave 1 data were collected between late July and September 2008, at a time when many of the Communities of Youth Services (CYSs) had only recently opened and the components were still developing resources and refining support. A brief overview of this document (Muir et al., forthcoming) has also been produced.