Targeted Responses to Youth Crime grants

 

The Targeted Responses to Youth Crime grants will support innovative solutions to reduce youth crime and re-offending, that build community confidence and form lasting, meaningful changes and connections for young people involved in the youth justice system.  

Solutions will be designed using evidence and community knowledge and delivered to meet the needs of young people, their families, and the broader community. 

All community members – family and kin, Elders, mentors, local businesses, not-for-profit organisations and social enterprises – can be involved in supporting young people and influencing positive and long-lasting change to reduce offending behaviour. 

Factsheets, FAQs and other resources

 

You can download these resources here:

Digital Factsheet

FAQs

Youth Justice identified areas of emerging need

 

Read more about our statewide and regional Targeted Responses to Youth Crime grant identified areas of emerging need here:

Industry briefing video

 

Download our industry briefing video for key information about the Targeted Responses to Youth Crime grants and how to apply.

Youth Justice Service Response Guides

 

Our Service Response Guides aim to provide information about what works for young people when addressing assessed need in various domains.

• Attitude and Orientation (PDF)
• Education and Employment (PDF)
• Family Circumstanced and Parenting (PDF)
• Leisure and Recreation (PDF)
• Peer Relations (PDF)
• Personality and Behaviour (PDF)
• Prior and Current Offences, Orders and Interventions (PDF)
• Programs vs Activities (PDF)
• Risk, Need and Responsivity (PDF)
• Substance Abuse (PDF)

Promotional Toolkit

 

Help us spread the word and encourage community members, businesses and community organisations to learn more and apply: desbt.qld.gov.au/yjgrantstargeted. 

 

Social media

 

Share the following social media posts (or follow the Department of Youth Justice, Employment, Small Business and Training on LinkedIn) to spread the news and encourage local businesses, community organisations and local community members to apply. 

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Do you have an innovative idea that could help address drivers of youth offending in your area?  

Apply now for a Queensland Government Targeted Responses to Youth Crime grant. 

Up to $300,000 one-off grants are available for innovative, locally driven projects that support young people who are or could become offenders, to change their behaviours and improve community connection. 

Applications close 30 January 2024. For more information, visit https://desbt.qld.gov.au/yjgrantstargeted.

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The QLD Government’s Targeted Responses to Youth Crime grant applications are now open. Grants up to $300,000 are available for local projects designed to address the drivers of youth offending. Find out more: https://desbt.qld.gov.au/yjgrantstargeted. 

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Targeted Responses to Youth Crime – grant applications now open  

Applications for the Queensland Government’s 2023–24 Targeted Responses to Youth Crime grants are now open, with up to $2.5 million in funds available for communities across Queensland. 

One-off grants up to $300,000 are available for short-term projects aimed at young people at high and very high risk or re-offending, as well as serious repeat offenders, to change their behaviours, improve their connection with community, and increase community safety. 

The Queensland Government is seeking to engage local communities, businesses and organisations in trialling new ideas and projects that address the drivers of youth offending and related issues across the state. 

Applicants are encouraged to develop proposals that are designed in consultation with the community and can be delivered to meet the needs of the young people, their families, and the broader community. 

If you have an innovative solution that could help form lasting, meaningful connections for young people and work to reduce youth offending, please see further information about the grants and how to apply. 

Applications close at 11;59pm, 30 January 2024 with successful projects to commence from March 2024.

For more information, please visit https://desbt.qld.gov.au/yjgrantstargeted. 

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For further information, please contact us at YJ Grants@cyjma.qld.gov.au or head to the Youth Justice Crime Prevention grants website.