This evaluation of the Culturally Integrated Family Approach to Domestic Abuse (CIFA) was commissioned by the London Borough of Barnet, working in partnership with RISE Mutual CIC as designer and provider of CIFA, and funded by the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) and the Home Office. It was conducted by a consortium of researchers from Hearth Consultancy Ltd, Bridge Research Ltd and the University of Kent.
The overall purpose of the evaluation was to assess the extent to which service user engagement contributes to the cessation of domestic abuse and assess how effective the CIFA is at combatting domestic abuse compared to nonculturally specific provision.
The evaluation finds strong evidence of CIFA’s positive impact across personal behaviour change, effective victim-survivor support, professional learning, and systems- and community-level ripple effects.
The report is due to be released at a later time.
