 Pru Goward, while Minister for the Department of Family and Community Services, initiated the Going Home Staying Home reforms which redistributed funding for youth refuges across the state.In August 2019, the University of Western Sydney announced that Goward had been appointed Professor of Social Intervention and Policy.In 2006, Goward nominated for Liberal Party preselection for the New South Wales state parliament in seat of Epping in Sydney's north-west, but was defeated by the former President of the Right to Life Association, Greg Smith.