Long wait times for specialist family violence counselling can deepen harm, delay recovery and healing and discourage help-seeking for victim-survivors.
Engender Equality has released two new reports – 2025 Brief Intervention Pilot Program Evaluation Report and Delayed support, heightened harm: The impacts of long wait times for specialist family violence services. Read together, these two reports illuminate the devastating impact of long wait times whilst offering a practical response to address this issue.