The CHRISTIE Project (Collaboration to Harness Research Involving Safe & Together: Inquiry and Evidence) extends the evidence about practice in collaborative and holistic service provision for children and families living with domestic family, and sexual violence (DFSV), with a focus on outcomes for children and young people. It is the latest in an ongoing program of research in collaboration with the Safe & Together Institute that has simultaneously built research evidence and developed professional and organisational capacity about best practice (Healey et al., 2020; Humphreys et al., 2020,Kertesz et al.,2022; Toivonen et al., 2025).
The CHRISTIE Project was funded under the Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence National Partnership Agreement. The NSW Ministry of Health commissioned Domestic Violence NSW (DVNSW), and through them the Safe & Together Institute and a University of Melbourne research team, to conduct the project.