Child, Youth and Family is working with child and family focused groups in the community to make sure families get the right services at the right time through differential response. 

Many of the families we see need support and information - the kind of service that is best accessed through organisations in the community.  Differential response enables us to connect families with these services right from the start, and makes sure they get the right level of support based on their needs and circumstances. 

Differential response is operating in two Child, Youth and Family sites - Taranaki and Royal Oak - and is being rolled out to another 13 sites this year. Site managers are in the process of talking with local organisations about this new way of working, how they might want to be involved, and how it might work best in their community.

For more information contact:

Yvonne Burns
Project Director, Differential Response
Phone 0-4-918 9404