2018 Evaluation of the Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council’s Makin’ Tracks Program Monica Cass National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University May 2019 Preventing harmful drug use in Australia The National Drug Research Institute at Curtin University is supported by funding from the Australian Government under the Drug and Alcohol Program WHO Collaborating Centre for the Prevention of Alcohol and Drug Abuse National Drug Research Institute Curtin University GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia, 6845 Telephone: (08) 9266 1600 Facsimile: (08) 9266 1611 Email:
[email protected] Website: ndri.curtin.edu.au CRICOS Provider Code 00301J ISBN 978-0-6487367-2-1 2019006 2018 Evaluation of the Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council’s Makin’ Tracks Program Dr Monica Cass National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University May 2019 © Copyright, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, 2019 Suggested citation Cass, M. (2019) 2018 Evaluation of the Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council’s Makin’ Tracks Program. National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. ii Executive Summary Introduction This report documents the findings from the 2018 evaluation of the Makin’ Tracks project, operated by Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (ADAC), South Australia (SA). The evaluation was undertaken by the National Drug Research Institute (NDRI), in collaboration with ADAC staff. The purpose of this evaluation was to provide advice to ADAC and its governance and funding bodies as to whether Makin’ Tracks is operating effectively and meeting its key project objectives. Since its inception, it was intended that the program would be evaluated at regular intervals to inform funding bodies and provide recommendations for continued service improvement.