Overview of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (the Act) was passed on 11 October 2002 and came into operation on 1 January 2003.

The Act provides a scheme to trace, restrain and confiscate the proceeds of crime against Commonwealth Law. In some circumstances it can also be used to confiscate the proceeds of crime against foreign law or the proceeds of crime against State law (if those proceeds have been used in a way that contravenes Commonwealth law).

The Act also provides a scheme that allows confiscated funds to be given back to the Australian community in an endeavour to prevent and reduce the harmful effects of crime in Australia.

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 Funding Round 2012

The Australian Government invites applications from local government organisations working in partnership with community groups to support anti-graffiti activities.

Eligible organisations are able to apply for funding ranging from $50,000 (minimum) to $150,000 (maximum) for an individual project.

Please note that grant funding is non-recurrent and is only available for projects of between 18 and 24 months duration.

Copies of the Guidelines and Application form are available below;

All applications must be submitted electronically via email to crimeprevention@ag.gov.au by close of business Friday 16 March 2012.

Late applications will not be accepted.

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 NGO Funding Round 2011

Applications for the POCA NGO Funding Round 2011 for specialist services that provide crisis accommodation for women and children escaping domestic violence closed on 25 November 2011. The Minister for Home Affairs and Justice, the Hon Jason Clare MP, announced 31 successful projects under this funding round on 8 March 2012.

Applications for the POCA NGO Funding Round 2011 for Police and Community Youth Clubs (PCYCs) and Blue Light organisations closed on 9 December 2011. The Minister for Home Affairs and Justice, the Hon Jason Clare MP, announced 16 successful projects under this funding round on 6 March 2012.

What can be funded under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002?

Subsection 298(1) of the Act provides that the Minister may approve a program for the expenditure of money standing to the credit of the Confiscated Assets Account (CAA). Subsection 298(2) provides that expenditure is to be approved for one or more of the following purposes:

crime prevention measures
law enforcement measures
measures relating to treatment of drug addiction, and
diversionary measures relating to the illegal use of drugs.

See ‘Projects’ below for a list of funded projects under the Act.

Non-government sector funding

Non-government organisations can apply for funding for crime prevention measures, drug addiction treatment measures and diversionary measures relating to illegal use of drugs. Unlike traditional grants programs, the amount of funds available under proceeds of crime varies from year to year. Thus a proactive, focused approach provides the greatest benefit to the Australian community and helps the Australian Government achieve policy outcomes for the benefit of all Australians.

If you would like any additional information on crime prevention matters or funding under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, please provide your details (contact name, organisation name, telephone, email and postal address) to the Australian Government Attorney-General’s Department via email at crimeprevention@ag.gov.au or telephone (02) 6141 2711.

Equitable Sharing Program

The Australian Government may also approve equitable sharing payments to be made to the States, self-governing Territories and foreign countries under subparagraph 297(a) of the Act. The equitable sharing program allows the sharing of confiscated funds with other jurisdictions, in recognition of the effort involved in joint investigations or prosecutions of unlawful activity.

See ‘Equitable Sharing Program’ below for a list of payments made under subparagraph 297(a) of the Act.

Projects

Community Programs:

Completed projects

Banyan House - $304,183.00 (NT). The Pre Program and Re-Entry project helped fund a 20-bed residential withdrawal and rehabilitation facility for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal men and women experiencing substance misuse problems in the Northern Territory.

Wollongong Crisis Centre - $141,894 (NSW). The Carinya Halfway and Aftercare Program provides supported accommodation in the Wollongong region for people with a history of illicit drug dependence who may also be suffering from a mental health disorder.

Drug Arm WA - $150,000 (WA). The Youth Options Program provided assistance to young people in Western Australia to enable them to improve their life and work skills and make a positive contribution to the community by providing mentoring and other support to young people at risk of criminal offending, substance abuse and social exclusion.

Uniting Care Wesley - $330,341 (SA). The 2 to 1 project helped support people within the inner city of Adelaide who have long-term illicit drug and mental health concerns by providing both group and individual treatment.

St Luke's Nursing Service - $218,367 (QLD). The AMEND Program established a home-based relapse prevention and management service for pregnant and parenting women on the Gold Coast who experience problems relating to their use of illicit drugs and who find it difficult to access mainstream drug and alcohol services.

The Buttery Inc - $385,800 (NSW). The Lifestyle Support Program helped treat people with co-existing mental health and illicit drug dependence issues and provide a sustainable long-term reduction in the use of illicit drugs in the Northern Rivers area of NSW.

Jesuit Social Services - $97,771 (VIC). The Outdoor Experience (Gateway) project provided alternative treatment for young people between 14 and 25 years old through wilderness therapy out of Kew in Victoria. The program included a two week pre-trip phase, followed by an 11-day remote journey, then a two week post-trip phase. The funding assisted with the refurbishment of accommodation of ‘The Bush Hut’ where the participants stayed.

Odyssey - $666,000 (VIC). The OPSTEP project provided short-term residential accommodation and case-management services in the Frankston and Peninsula regions of Victoria.

The Addiction Treatment Foundation - $200,000 (NSW). The Out-patient Co-morbidity Substance Abuse project provided Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Motivational Enhancement Therapy and Pharmacotherapy in association with medical health professionals over a three month period.

Odyssey House Victoria - $477,200 (VIC). The Dignified Surroundings project refurbished 45 bedrooms in the Odyssey House Victoria residential therapeutic community. Residents undertook accredited training in different aspects of the refurbishment, including cabinet-making and general construction.

Grampians Community Health - $258,331 (VIC). The Youth Outreach Drug Treatment Program provided innovative rural youth drug treatment and prevention services in the Wimmera and Central Grampians regions of Victoria.

Odyssey House Victoria - $735,000 (VIC). The ONE STEP Odyssey North East Short Term Engagement project built on a successful pilot project in the Frankston region that established innovative and responsible accommodation and intensive case-management services for people experiencing substantial problems with alcohol and other drugs. Participants were provided with medical, psychological, education and vocational services assisting them to lead a drug-free life.

Wesley Mission - $660,000 (NSW). The Wesley Rehabilitation Services project provided 10 additional beds at its abstinence-based residential program in South West Sydney.

OzCare - $652,100 (QLD). The Brisbane Home and Community-Based Illicit Drug Treatment Service provided a non-residential, integrated drug rehabilitation service.

Odyssey House McGrath Foundation - $250,000 (NSW). The Refurbishment of Assessment and Referral Centre project at Minto in NSW, enabled the refurbishment of the dormitory and the dining/lounge room as well as an upgrade of the driveway.

The Buttery Inc - $750,000 (NSW). The MISA Lifestyle Support Program provided an outreach program targeting clients in rural areas of the far North Coast of NSW such as Lismore and Tweed Heads. The MISA Lifestyle Support Program will build on the recent success of the MISA pilot project that was also funded under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

Korrawinga Aboriginal Corporation - $40,900 (QLD). The Galangoor Duwalami (Getting Well) Cultural Education & Training Program provided a cultural education and training program for young people suffering the effects of substance misuse.

BAYSA Ltd t/as Barwon Youth - $744,109 (VIC). The Youth Access Program project enabled three specialist Youth Alcohol and Drug Outreach workers to engage with up to 500 young people in the Barwon Region in Victoria and provide professional provision of coordinated pathways and supported referrals of young people to enable true rehabilitation from poly drug abuse.

The Lyndon Community - $736,972 (NSW). The Lyndon Withdrawal Unit/Clinical Leadership project established a Comprehensive Clinical Leadership model for mental health and alcohol and drug workers and provided a residential detoxification and rehabilitation service that extended into an increased community support role.

Eastern Health t/as Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre - $750,000 (VIC). The Melbourne Specialist Methamphetamine Clinic project addressed service gaps identified by people who have problems with methamphetamine abuse. The two chosen sites are ‘hotspots’ for methamphetamine use, City of Melbourne and City of Port Phillip. The project establishes clinical and referral pathways, employs and trains specialist staff to undertake integrated best-practice intervention, and provides a range of tailored treatments for methamphetamine users.

Palmerston Association - $403,000 (WA). The Residential Rehabilitation Vocational project enhances the vocational training program for long-stay recovering substance user residents as a core component of the rehabilitation program.

The Mirabel Foundation Inc - $390,000 (VIC). The Mirabel House Connections Program provides therapeutic groups, educational support, respite care, recreation and youth ambassadors for young people to help reduce recurring patterns of inter-generational drug use and increase protective factors.

The Salvation Army Drug & Alcohol Services - Top End - $100,500 (NT). The Parenting Enhancement Module project provides safe and supported accommodation for mothers who are undergoing drug and alcohol rehabilitation. The project also includes classes covering parenting skills and child behaviour, as well as family counselling for families with children who are ‘at risk’.

YMCA of Katherine - $93,965 (NT). The YMCA Bus for Diversionary Programs project is to provide a replacement vehicle to facilitate transportation of indigenous youth who are in the Youth Diversion Program including links to after school activities, alternative education programs, workshops and sport.

Mission Australia - $621,200 (NSW). The Triple Care Farm (TCF) project expands the farm's residential rehabilitation program for young people with substance abuse issues by thirty percent. The project provides individual case management, counselling, vocational training and sport and recreation programs.

Odyssey House McGrath Foundation - $655,300 (NSW). The After Care Program provides post-residential rehabilitation support to individuals who have completed treatment programs.

Salvation Army WA Division - $500,000 (WA). The Harry Hunter Rehab Program Bridge House project refurbishes both the Bridge House and the Harry Hunter Adult Rehabilitation Centre in Perth which has 47 beds and operates a 24-hour sobering-up centre, a five- to seven-day detoxification unit and a three- to four-week residential assessment program unit.

City of Stirling - $81,450 (WA). The Seniors Security Rebate Scheme project will assist residents improve the physical security of their residential properties by providing a rebate towards the cost of installation of security improvements such as security screen windows and doors or security alarms. This will improve the physical security of seniors’ properties, reducing the risk and incidence of crime and fear of crime amongst individuals.

Gosford City Council - $122,585 (NSW). The Installation of CCTV System Peninsula Recreation Precinct Umina project will install 7 CCTV cameras in the Umina beach recreation precinct to monitor the newly redeveloped recreation area.

Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale - $20,000 (WA). The Byford CCTV Feasibility Study and Business Case project will engage a consultant to undertake a feasibility study and risk assessment of a CCTV system.

The Rail Neighbourhood Association Incorporated - $50,300 (NSW). The Rail's Connectedness through Fencing – project will supply and install a 2.1 metre security fencing around the perimeter of Albion Park Neighbourhood Centre.

St Vincent de Paul Aged Care & Community Services (SVDP ACCS) - $667,260 (VIC). The Post Quin House Program enhances the capacity of Quin House to respond to the high relapse rate of individuals leaving rehabilitation and entering the community by providing follow-up and long-term support to clients for up to 12 months.

Projects not proceeding

Tablelands Regional Council - $35,000 (QLD). The Crime Prevention for Kuranda project was to commission a feasibility report and design an integrated CCTV network across four recently amalgamated shire councils in the Tablelands-wide area.

West Arnhem Shire Council - $138,300 (NT). The Community Safety Educator project was to reduce unsafe behaviours and crime across the West Arnhem Shire. The project will employ a Community Safety Educator to work across the region with local community safety workers to raise awareness and provide training in relation to safety issues, appropriate solutions and community safety management plans

Terminated projects

Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku - $744,300 (WA). The Youth Diversion—Treatment Camps project operates treatment camps associated with a youth diversionary program for young people involved in excessive substance use within Ngaanyatjarra communities in WA.

Active projects

Baptist Community Services SA - $572,737 (SA). The Westcare Drug Intervention Program for Indigenous Men trains two Indigenous workers to target people with a history of abuse, family breakdown, homelessness and mental health issues. This program will provide intensive support, including budgeting, living skills, general counselling and help to access health and welfare services.

The Warlayirti Artists Aboriginal Corporation Inc - $483,324 (WA). The Motika Dreaming project will engage young Indigenous people in three remote communities using photography, painting and film, to help young people appreciate the contribution ‘motika’ (Indigenous slang for car) can make to their lives.

Victorian YMCA Youth and Community Services Inc - $500,000 (VIC). The Bridge project provides support, training and employment opportunities to young offenders to help stop the recurring cycle of crime, poverty and imprisonment. The grant will help young offenders aged 16-21 re-engage socially and economically with their community by strengthening their vocational and work readiness skills to improve work prospects.

Inner West Skills Centre Inc - $318,003 (NSW). The School of Opportunity project provides educational, vocational and life education initiatives to young people from marginalised communities.

Colony 47 Inc - $441,392 (TAS). The Healing Our Way project will provide programs to help Indigenous men in prisons across Tasmania and young people at the Ashley Youth Detention Centre to make a difference to their communities following their release from prison. The program will enable offenders and their families to visit areas of cultural significance and undertake rehabilitation workshops, which will help them as they exit prison and settle back into their communities.

Barnardos Australia - $384,729 (NSW). The Imagine Bundaleer project seeks to help break the cycle of disadvantage at the Bundaleer Estate in Warrawong. The project will offer a range of services to children and their families at specific stages of development to help break the cycle of disadvantage that can lead to crime. The project will focus on keeping children connected to family and community and work to keep them in school.

Assisting Drug Dependants Inc (trading as DIRECTIONS ACT) - $485,000 (ACT). The Inside Out Throughcare Program will assist detainees and prisoners at the Alexander Maconochie Centre (in Symonston) affected by alcohol and drug use, access support and treatment services so that they can lead healthier lifestyles when released and avoid re-offending

YMCA Perth - $500,000 (WA). The Bridge project will provide access to employment and training for young offenders leaving custody and help reduce the likelihood of re-offending.

Outcare Inc - $500,000 (WA). The Men’s Healing Program will work with the Aboriginal Alcohol and Drug Service to deliver pre and post release services to men exiting prisons in the Perth region. The program will help newly released prisoners who have alcohol and drug problems to access housing, education and training services.

North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA) - $499,547 (NT). The NAAJA Indigenous Prisoner Throughcare project provides intensive pre and post release services for Indigenous prisoners at the Darwin Correctional and Don Dale Centres in an effort to prevent re-offending. The project will use case management services to help prisoners find employment and housing, and improve life skills.

Mulungu Aboriginal Corporation Medical Centre - $500,000 (QLD). The Making Good Project will address the post-release outcomes and high rates of recidivism of Indigenous prisoners in the Lotus Glen Correctional Centre. The project will provide support to help prisoners meet their basic needs upon release and connect them with organisations to aid their transition and reintegration into the community.

Shine for Kids Cooperative - $500,000 (NSW). The Belonging to Family project will work with offenders and their families prior to release and over the twelve months following release. The project will provide case management with links to education, training and employment agencies. It will provide opportunities for personal development and connect people with Indigenous culture.

Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (Victoria) Kilmany Unitingcare - $480,000 (VIC). The Stop Now and Plan Program will provide an early intervention and prevention program aimed at improving the educational development and well-being of children in the Gippsland region.

Rotary Club of Swan Hill - $152,960 (VIC). The Community Liaison and Support Program Swan Hill will provide home safety assessments to elderly residents throughout Swan Hill, Gannawarra and Buloke in Victoria. The grant will enable the installation of safety equipment such as security doors, improved lighting and smoke detectors to help increase community safety, confidence and a sense of wellbeing.

Baptist Care (SA) - $324,418 (SA). The Imagine the Future project will provide refugee youth and their families who settle in Adelaide with additional services, support and mentoring to help them develop important life, social and conflict management skills.

Mission Australia - $500,000 (QLD). The Nurturing Pathways of Early Development: Help Us Grow Strong (HUGS) program will run an early intervention and prevention program aimed at improving the development, health and well-being of children under five and their families, in the Inala and Carole Park areas.

City of Burnside - $88,500 (SA). The City of Burnside Home Security Assistance Project will offer a Home Security Assistance service to all senior residents within the Council area to enhance the safety and security of their homes; 120 senior resident households will receive up to $500 to improve their home security. Safety and security information sessions will also be provided in conjunction with SA Police.

Thamarrurr Incorporated - $140,000 (NT). The Security for the Elderly project will upgrade the security of the homes of the elderly who have been affected by break and entry and property theft in the community. The security of these homes will be upgraded by installing security screening, security doors, deadbolts to existing doors and installing security lighting.

Shire of Collie - $72,340 (WA). The Staying at Home Safely project will provide home safety assessments, the marking and engraving of household property, clear street numbering and funding towards the costs of recommended installations for up to 500 seniors within the Shire. The project will engage WA Police South West Crime Prevention Office in the design and conducting of the home safety assessments.

Ipswich City Council - $124,100 (QLD). The Safer Seniors project will provide information sessions on home security, personal safety and addressing strategies of crime prevention including basic self-defence lessons across Ipswich. Installation provided at no cost of safety equipment such as security doors, sensor lights and dead bolts to seniors.

Peninsula Community Centre Inc - $150,000 (NSW). The Security and Prevention Project for Seniors will focus on providing information and support to address the fear of crime in older people with information sessions presented in a range of locations around the area. Home assessments would be conducted with assistance provided for seniors to modify their homes with security doors, improved lighting and smoke detectors.

Nambucca Shire Council - $80,880 (NSW). The Safe And Savvy Seniors (SASS) Make sure you're secure project will conduct crime prevention workshops for seniors incorporating strategies to reduce the incidence of crime in the home, identity theft and fraud and elder abuse. Eligible workshop participants will be offered home security audits and will be able to apply for a small grant to put towards security enhancements such as security doors and sensor lighting.

Cowra Shire Council - $109,000 (NSW). The Safe Seniors project is a community partnership with participation from the police, services clubs, businesses and Council aimed at making seniors safe at home. The Police will train local Rotary Club volunteers to assess the security measures needed to make the homes of aged residents secure. Assistance would be provided to purchase the necessary security equipment including security screens, deadlocks and smoke alarms.

Hornsby Shire Council - $65,620 (NSW). The Be Safe, Be Prepared project will address crime prevention for elderly people over 55 years of age. The project will develop partnership with a range of community organisations to deliver 15 education sessions and distribute educational material to central suburbs and rural areas of the Hornsby Shire. .

Waltja Tjutangku Palyapayi Aboriginal Corporation - $130,000 (NT). The Keeping Our Elders Safe project will focus on personal and financial safety for Indigenous seniors to eight remote Indigenous communities in central Australia by working with senior Aboriginal community leaders. It aims to reduce and prevent crime against elders through education and building protective behaviours with support of the local community.

Cardinia Shire Council - $132,200 (VIC). The Seniors for Safety in Cardinia project will address personal and financial safety of older people including but not limited to internet safety, home security, self protection and financial security. The program will deliver personal safety training and computer and internet safety classes to groups of seniors within Cardinia Shire through a range of workshops, seminars, education and development of promotional material.

Cabramatta Community Centre (for The Heights Community Services Division) - $132,900 (NSW). The Senior Safety Strategies project will build capacity in the community and will work with culturally and linguistically diverse parts of the Fairfield community to promote safety and security strategies for seniors. Project resources will be translated into a range of community languages to meet the specific needs of the community.

Aged Rights Advocacy Service (ARAS) Inc - $138,110 (SA). The Preventing Abuse of Aboriginal Elders project will identify ways in which the capacity of older Aboriginal people can be developed to prevent and stop abuse. Culturally appropriate resources will be developed and Aboriginal communities will be involved in the project to help support Elders.

Carindale Police Citizens Youth Club (PCYC) - $85,440 (QLD). The Seniors Online Security (SOS) project will develop an all inclusive training package for seniors on the topic of online security. The training package will comprise several modules covering all relevant related internet security topics in order to protect the financial security of seniors through the prevention of online fraud victimisation.

Roman Catholic Trust Corporation for the diocese of Rockhampton T/A Centacare: Catholic Diocese of Rockhampton - $115,890 (QLD). The Bundaberg Seniors Security Education project will be delivered to senior citizens aged 60 and over in the Bundaberg Region, providing them with individual and group information sessions on home security, banking and consumer transactions, personal security outside the home, and elder abuse. Participants will be provided with resource material including contact details for relevant service providers and emergency contact numbers.

Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjarra Yankunytjatjara Women's Council (NPYWC) Domestic and Family Violence Service (DVS) - $80,000 (NT). The Tjitji Tjuta Atunymananyi (Taking Care of Kids) project will increase community capacity to assist childhood victims of sexual assault and promote early intervention with families, schools and communities in relation to child sexual abuse, by the development of workshop tools from existing resources on child abuse; and training and ongoing support of 20 community members to deliver community education to local communities.

St Luke's Anglicare - $135,000 (VIC). The Putting the Pieces Together project will bring together community leaders to tackle the level of violence in the Central Goldfields area. The project will provide training to teachers, volunteers, coaches and adults who work with children to develop new ways of conflict resolution and change from a culture of violence to wellbeing.

The Patricia Giles Centre - $66,360 (WA). The Home Safe Home project will deliver three eight week courses for women who have experienced family violence from a partner or adolescent. The courses are: a therapeutic “Parenting after Violence” course; a Home and Safety practical skills course; and a Self Defence course.

Northern Rivers Women and Children's Services Inc (NORWACS) - $50,271 (NSW). The Women Resourced and Volunteering for Empowerment (WRAVE) project is a self sustaining model for training volunteers to provide support to women who identify as victims of violence in the Lismore community. The project will work in an early intervention and prevention framework to empower women and assist victims of violent crime.

Ballina-Byron Family Centre Inc - $155,370 (NSW). The Stronger Families Project offers specialist domestic violence programs aimed at minimising and/or preventing the impacts on women, children, families and the community. It will provide a women’s support worker and a separate children’s support worker in enhancing the safety and well being of both the women and children.

City of Stirling - $134,614 (WA). The Recidivist Intervention Project will provide an advocate to ensure a coordinated response to identified recidivist families experiencing domestic violence with the goal of helping women and children out of the domestic violence cycle.

Women Up North Housing Inc - $147,160 (NSW). The Family Violence Protection Project will provide specialised domestic violence intervention offering therapeutic family support and group work to women and children experiencing domestic violence. The project will combine direct service delivery with capacity building in other relevant services and the community.

Burwood Community Welfare Services Inc - $85,200 (NSW). The Mothering after Separation - An intervention for mothers who have recently separated from abusive partners project will run seven nine-week programs for mothers recently separated from an abusive partner, recognising that often violence, abuse and intimidation do not end at separation. The programs will address the risks to the safety of families and the toll that separation from an abusive partner takes on women and their children.

The Royal Children's Hospital Foundation Limited - $75,737 (VIC). The 'Mind the Baby' - the hidden victims of crime in Crisis Accommodation Settings: Bringing healing to infants, children and mothers affected by family violence project will produce an easy to read and concise educational resource book and DVD targeted at refuge staff to assist in working directly with infants, children and mothers traumatised by family violence. The project will also produce information pamphlets for mothers regarding the impact of family violence and the importance of the mother/infant bond.

Rockdale City Council - $141,003 (NSW). The Resilience in Children Affected by Domestic Violence project focuses on children and adolescents who have been, or continue to be, traumatised by domestic violence even though there may have been a parental separation. The project will deliver training in resiliency by Cara House to professionals working with adolescents and children. A “children traumatised by domestic violence” network will also be established.

SydWest Multicultural Services Inc - $88,900 (NSW). The Family Safety Project for Newly Arrived Refugee Communities project will provide intervention and community support activities to address domestic violence in newly arrived African and South Asian communities through providing individual casework to victims, women’s support groups and assisting trained community members to conduct culturally appropriate programs raising awareness about domestic violence and its effects.

Bathurst Women and Children's Refuge - $105,500 (NSW). The Refuge Security Upgrade project will provide a comprehensive upgrade of the security systems at the Bathurst Women and Children’s refuge by installing CCTV security cameras and improved internal locks for the refuge.

Women’s Healthworks Health Education & Resource Centre Inc - $63,964 (WA). The Village: Early Intervention and Resilience Project will provide up to 10 clinical and home based intervention sessions per week over 18 months to women and their children who have been demonstrating antisocial and/or criminal behaviours.

Sisters Inside Inc (SIS) - $180,000 (QLD). The Transition Support project will provide six months of intensive support to three families (including at least one Indigenous family) in SE Queensland. The project will work with the families immediately following the mother’s release from prison. The project will also work to prevent their children's future involvement with the juvenile and criminal justice systems.

Rosie's Place Inc - $63,240 (NSW). The Before They Go project aims to increase the future well being of young men who have been subject to violence (including sexual assault and/or domestic violence). The project will work with young male victims of crime to develop a resource to improve awareness of the impact of violence and access to services.

Synod of the Diocese of the NT Inc (Anglicare NT) - $150,000 (NT). The Victims of Crime Counselling Project for Young People (VCCPYP) “Youth Voice” project will provide direct youth friendly counselling and referral services for young people under 25 years of age who have been victims of crime. It will also build the local capacity of services to address the needs of the target group through community awareness and service provider training.

South East Women and Children's Services - $149,800 (NSW). The SEWACS Children & Young People project will provide therapeutic activities for adolescent victims of crime and diversionary activities for young people involved in, or at risk of involvement in, violent or other criminal behaviour. The project uses an early intervention approach with children and young people, families and the broader community.

Walgett Shire Council - $147,165 (NSW). The Strong Colli project will provide capacity building and leadership development in the Walgett community to divert young Aboriginal people aged 17 to 26 from engaging in alcohol related criminal offences.

Byron Youth Service Inc and BUDDICDAT (Byron Underage Drinking & Drug Initiative-Community Drug Action Team - $127,400 (NSW). The Turning the Tide on Local Youth Crime project will target youth crime in the Byron Shire area through a number of different approaches including: peer group education program; mobile outreach service; working with local festival and event organisers to create youth safety plans; and a parent education program.

Neighbourhood Watch Northern Territory Incorporated - $150,000 (NT). The Big Day Without project aims to promote music and dance with bands and DJ's to young people without the presence of alcohol or drugs. Four planned events will be promoted as a safe environment for youth and will encompass drug and alcohol education components and messages – a big day without.

Warringah Council - $60,000 (NSW). The Youth Engagement & Diversion Program aims to reduce the high levels of underage drinking and subsequent anti-social behaviours in public areas. This will be achieved by subsidising a series of approx 20 age appropriate, engaging, supervised and safe youth events to be run by private promoters.

Coonamble Aboriginal Health Service Inc - $145,000 (NSW). The Getting It Together project will build community capacity by establishing a local network of services within the Coonamble community (Murdi Paaki) that will help reduce crime and violence and to address drug and alcohol issues. The project will provide community based diversion and rehabilitation options for offenders, particularly those with drug and alcohol problems.

Bankstown City Council - $100,229 (NSW). The U-Turns for Youth project aims to reduce the numbers of young offenders involved in car theft by engaging them in hands on mechanical training, including gaining an understanding of the parts of a car and motor, building a go kart, first aid and driver safety training.

Centacare Catholic Diocese of Ballarat - $136,000 (VIC). The Thinking Change project would deliver aggression replacement training for young offenders aged 10-17 yrs. The program addresses impulse control, anger management and group pressure. It will also address other presenting issues such as mental health, alcohol and drugs misuse and problem solving skills.

Youth Development Australia - $150,000 (VIC). The Mirror Program project will provide a digital media and life skills program aimed at rehabilitating young offenders through a program that encourages them to reflect on their offending behaviour with the assistance of a counsellor, youth worker and digital media facilitator.

Information & Cultural Exchange (ICE) - $50,000 (NSW). The Youth Education Arts program will work in partnership with the Inner West Skills Centre to deliver on-site competency based training, including in Reiby Juvenile Centre and Parramatta Correctional Centre. The project will provide young people with an opportunity to express their ideas, concerns and share their experiences and personal stories using digital media and storytelling.

Care & Communication Concern - Welfare Services Inc (t/as Concern Australia) - $125,000 (VIC). The Inside Out Youth Bail Support Service Project will reduce youth recidivism among first time indigenous and non-indigenous offenders in Victoria. The project will involve youth workers who will provide intensive support to 30-40 young males over 12 months.

Whitelion Incorporated - $134,468 (SA). The Calperum on the Land (Juvenile Diversion Program) project will target young Indigenous people aged 12-17 years who are currently involved with the criminal justice system. It will use a multifaceted approach to develop a range of vocational and life skills programs to enable the participants to successfully engage in education, employment and training opportunities. The project will be delivered in the Renmark Paringa LGA, South Australia.

Finding Workable Solutions Inc: Kangaroo Island Youth Services - $63,300 (SA). The Living within the Law on Kangaroo Island project will engage 25 Kangaroo Island youth (aged 18-22) who have committed or are at risk of committing motor vehicle related crimes. Participants will attend A Drive to Live course and assist with the research and publication of a "Young People and the Law" brochure.

Service to Youth Council Inc (SYC) – $118,870 (SA). The Ignition project is designed to break the cycle of homelessness and reoffending following young offenders release from secure care facilities. This project will provide one-to-o ne case management and life skills training to young offenders to reduce their risk of re-offending.

Australian Red Cross Society - $150,000 (SA). The Step Out project aims to enhance the social inclusion and reintegration back into the community of young people leaving custody. The intention is to reduce recidivism and encourage involvement in activities with a diversionary focus that will also provide inroads to employment readiness.

The Youth Junction Incorporated - $108,240 (VIC). The Crime, Choices and Consequences Program (CCCP) project will use a community engagement partnership to provide driver education, legal education workshops (focussing on the consequences of offending) and the P.A.R.T.Y. (Prevent Alcohol and Risk-Related Trauma in Youth) intervention program for young people aged 18 to 25 years who have become involved in the criminal justice system.

Melbourne City Mission Inc - $150,000 (VIC). The Diversion Diversity - Connecting with Young People project will take a community approach to locally identified issues that impact youth crime. It will engage young people aged 15-20 years from CALD backgrounds specifically young men from Horn of Africa backgrounds by building relationships with Police and improving connections to education and employment.

Save the Children Australia - $112,700 (NSW). The Bourke Youth Engagement Program will work closely with the local PCYC and other local organisations to provide opportunities for young people to engage in a range of diversionary educational and recreational activities aimed to build self-esteem and leadership skills. The project will also engage local Indigenous adults as mentors to the young people, helping them reconnect with their local culture, history and values.

Police & Community Youth Clubs NSW Ltd - Lake Macquarie PCYC - $80,000 (NSW). The Boys to Men Program aims to reduce the risk of male youths, who have a history of truancy and criminal activity or who are referred to the PCYC by the Local Command, from offending or re-offending. The project will deliver a number of certificates and accreditations (e.g. a TAFE certified Barista course) applicable to today's work environment. The project also endeavours to provide the participants with knowledge of healthy lifestyle choices.

Lismore City Council - $150,000 (NSW). The Changing the Tune - Goonellabah Youth Plaza Project will address community concerns about anti-social behaviour at the recently constructed Goonellabah Youth Plaza through a range of programs and activities (behaviour management, legal responsibilities, cultural awareness, video creation, skating etiquette and safety). These programs aim to improve social inclusion, wellbeing and resilience in young people, particularly Indigenous young people of Goonellabah. Regular public events showcasing the skills participants have acquired will be held in the Plaza.

National Aboriginal Sporting Chance Academy (NASCA) - $149,500 (NSW). The NASCA 'Stay On Track' Program will deliver three 4 day (3 night) live-in school holiday programs to prevent anti-social behaviour and potential criminal activity. The program targets young Indigenous young people aged 11 to 14 from several areas of NSW who are at risk of offending and participating in anti-social behaviour.

Nyoongar Sports Association - $150,000 (WA). The Street Corner Champion Beatball project consists of regular 3 on 3 basketball competitions, including hip hop music, healthy food choices and healthy lifestyle education choices for Indigenous youth between 12 and 20 years. Events would be held on Thursday and Friday nights, traditionally times of high youth offending. Participants would attend workshops on topics such as drug awareness, cultural awareness and family relationships.

Police & Community Youth Clubs NSW Ltd Kempsey - $100,000 (NSW). The Midnight Basketball project will work with at risk youth to engage them in a sporting activity as an alternative to anti-social and potentially criminal behaviour on Friday nights. Players are provided a healthy meal and attend a mandatory life skills workshop before competing in a basketball tournament.

Midnight Basketball Australia - $148,550 (VIC). The Midnight Basketball Program will target at-risk youth (majority Indigenous) aged 12-18 years whose lives are characterised by high levels of violence, drug and alcohol misuse, long-term unemployment, poor health and education, and over representation in the criminal justice system. The project will introduce a Midnight Basketball program into 2 selected communities aiming to reduce youth crime and anti-social behaviour.

Queensland Police-Citizens Youth Welfare Association - Hills District - $60,950 (QLD). The Hills District PCYC Basketball After Dark project will provide an innovative program combining sporting activity (basketball after dark) with developmental workshops for youth in the community. It aims to reduce the number of bored youth engaging in antisocial, drug-taking and criminal behaviours.

Albury / Wodonga Youth Emergency Services Ltd - $125,570 (NSW/VIC). The Introducing Restorative Conferencing project will implement a Restorative Conferencing Program in the Albury area targeting young people aged 8-18 years and working on solutions to anti-social behaviour and prevention of further criminal behaviour.

Berry Street Victoria - $150,000 (VIC). The Youth BREAK project will support 50 vulnerable young people to develop self-management, leadership and social skills through the delivery of weekly structured group and individual community based high challenge activities.

Canberra Police & Citizens Youth Club Inc - $155,000 (ACT). The Right Turn project is an intensive vocational and personal skills development program for young people at risk of offending run in partnership with the Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT).

Corrugated Iron Youth Arts - $62,505 (NT). The Watch My Space project will run a series of arts programs that explore cyber-bullying linking in with the NT Police School Delivery presentation on a DVD and be distributed to schools in the NT. Workshops will be run in youth drop in centres and schools.

Devonport City Council - $68,118 (TAS). The Vandalism Education: Respect It Don’t Wreck It project will raise awareness of the impact of vandalism with young people and children through an interactive actor based performance delivered to 2000 Year 5 and 8 students, and a youth-generated anti-vandalism initiative.

EACH (Eastern Access Community Health) - $149,990 (VIC). The Rebound - Early Intervention and Diversionary Program is an innovative diversionary program for 13 to 15 year olds who are at risk of coming into contact with the criminal justice system.

Gosnells Police & Community Youth Centre - $150,000 (WA). The Future Pathways for Youth project will target young indigenous offenders and it will address issues of violent and bullying behaviour and assist young people with judicial issues, as well as further their education and help them re-engage with learning/school.

Hume City Council - $140,000 (VIC). The HYART (Hume Youth Assessment and Referral Team) project is an early intervention, crime prevention and referral initiative, for young offenders and ‘at risk’ youth within Hume City. In partnership with community agencies and support services, it aims to assist young offenders and their families to make informed choices about their lives.

Jesuit Social Services - $82,290 (VIC). The Young African Community Engagement Melbourne project will offer the Youth Leadership and Pathways to Employment program to up to 15 young Somali men who are skilled but unemployed and those who have left school prematurely.

Kingborough Council - $142,000 (TAS). The YSTART (Youth Support through Arts, Referral and Training) project will employ a youth worker, a skills development worker and an arts worker to deliver early intervention and diversionary programs, outreach support and youth activities with the aim of re-engaging young people with their community.

Metropolitan Migrant Resource Centre Inc - $150,000 (WA). The Family Talk Program will seek to address many of the issues emerging from inter-generational tension in newly arrived migrant and refugee families.

Migrant Information Centre (Eastern Melbourne) - $90,355 (VIC). The Say No to Crime Youth Program will work with culturally relevant community associations to deliver an innovative crime prevention program to up to 48 youth from Chin and Bor refugee backgrounds.

Nepean Youth Accommodation Service Incorporated - $149,810 (NSW). The Nepean Early Intervention and Prevention Program (NEIP) will aim to prevent up to 60 young people, who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and utilising drugs, from re-offending by providing early intervention and prevention including the provision of permanent supported housing.

Relationships Australia (NSW) - $149,550 (NSW). The Pacific Islander Families and Communities Together (FACT) project aims to empower up to 800 young pacific Islander people through partnerships in juvenile justice, education and the strengthening of connections within their family relationships and community.

The Trustee for Save the Children Australia - $75,450 (VIC). The Operation Newstart project is an intensive intervention program aimed at over 30 young people who are at risk of dropping out of the formal education system to re-engage with their schooling and develop a range of practical life skills.

Tribal Warrior Association Incorporated - $158,400 (NSW). The Tribal Warrior Indigenous Youth Mentor Program is an Indigenous youth mentoring program for disadvantaged Indigenous youth. Participants will have the opportunity to obtain certified training in the Maritime industry.

Whitelion Incorporated - $110,000 (TAS). The Whitelion - At Risk Youth Mentoring Program (Greater Hobart Region) will target 30 young people in the Greater Hobart area who are at risk of becoming involved in criminal activity. Individual support will be combined with group activities.

Karralika Programs Inc (formerly t/as Alcohol and Drug Foundation Australian Capital Territory (ADFACT)) - $149,760 (ACT). The Women in Prison Crime Prevention project will develop and implement an alcohol and drug program underpinned by the Therapeutic Community model for women within the Alexander Maconochie Centre.

Banyule City Council - $159,300 (VIC). The Our Voice, Our Community project will provide community development, community education and crime prevention strategies to ensure that West Heidelberg is a safer place to live.

CASA House (Centre Against Sexual Assault), Royal Women's Hospital - $150,000 (VIC). The 16 Songs for 16 Days of Activism to End Violence Against Women project will engage young homeless people in addressing the crime of sexual assault/violence through the use of music and workshops culminating with the production of a CD to be launched on the International Day of Elimination of Violence Against Women/White Ribbon Day.

Centacare Catholic Family Services - $150,000 (SA). The Young Indigenous Women’s Through-care Program is for young Aboriginal women who have contact with the juvenile justice system, where the offending is related to the misuse of substances.

Centacare Catholic Family Services Diocese of Broken Bay - $61,070 (NSW). The Breaking the Domestic and Family Violence Cycle project will develop and deliver educational and support groups that will engage and inform women who may be subject to domestic or family violence or are concerned that their personal or family situation may lead to domestic or family violence.

Community Transitions - $135,550 (SA). The Second Chance Employers Network (SCENE) project aims to maintain, develop and expand an employer register for people with barriers to employment including ex-offenders.

Drug and Alcohol Multicultural Education Centre - $150,000 (NSW). The Vietnamese Transitions Project aims to prevent criminal recidivism and relapse to drug use for Vietnamese drug offenders in the South Western Sydney region. The project would use bilingual / bicultural Vietnamese transition workers to provide intensive case management including support with accommodation, drug treatment, family and psychological issues, employment, health and legal issues.

Great Lakes Community Resources Inc t/as Resource Recovery - $69,250 (NSW). The Work It Out project will be offered to offenders carrying out Community Service Orders at Resource Recovery, a waste management centre. The project will provide participants with ongoing support including links to services, transport, advocacy, training, employment, mentoring, and work experience.

Menzies School of Health Research - $148,555 (NT). The Prevention of Alcohol Related Crime and Trauma (PACT) project will introduce screening and brief interventions for high risk drinkers admitted to hospital with facial trauma and evaluate the implementation of a best practice pathway.

Nirrumbuk Aboriginal Corporation - $149,570 (WA). The Building Skills: Work Force Re Entry Program will provide Aboriginal people with training to develop the skills required to gain employment in the building industry and assist them to achieve self sufficiency, self management and obtain a better standard of living.

Samaritans Foundation - $149,350 (NSW). The Hunter Post Release Strategy project will focus on re-calibrating the service system to ensure a more responsive approach to support people leaving correctional facilities by creating an integrated model of support and a transition support hub of relevant government, non-government and community services.

The Corporation of the Trustees of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane (t/as Centacare) - $145,195 (QLD). The Reclaiming Employment and Life (REAL) Project aims to assist female ex-prisoners to effectively reintegrate into the community and thereby reduce rates of reoffending and re-incarceration. A through-care approach, involving Centacare and community support groups will be utilised to prepare, place and maintain these women in employment.

The Torch Project - $150,000 (VIC). The Statewide Indigenous Arts Officer - Victorian Prisons and Community Partnerships project will create an Indigenous vocational arts coordinator role to work in Victoria's 13 prisons and with former inmates who have an interest in the arts upon community release.

The Factory Community Centre - $134,725 (NSW). The Community and Cultural Link Project (Beyond Walls) project will aim to reduce the number of people engaging in risky drinking activities resulting in anti-social and criminal behaviour in public open spaces. It will also support and build the Redfern community's confidence and ability to address community safety and reduce criminal activity particularly in relation to drug and alcohol misuse.

Tweed Shire Women's Service Inc - $84,000 (NSW). The Domestic Violence Crisis Integrated Response project aims to provide intake, assessment, counselling and referral for women experiencing domestic or family violence and to build capacity of the community to actively reduce the risk of harm to women.

Auburn Municipal Council t/a Auburn City Council - $80,000 (NSW). The Mobile Safety Camera Project will purchase two mobile safety camera units together with appropriate licensing and will rotate the mobile safety cameras at various locations as identified through partnership with NSW police and other key stakeholders.

Burdekin Shire Council - $50,000 (QLD). The Tommie Tie Park Security Lighting & Cameras project will install five solar lights along the 120 metre pathway from Graham Street bus shelter to Queen Street Ayr, which traverses Tommie Tie Park to improve safety and security of community members who utilise the area.

City of Cockburn - $65,400 (WA). The Community Crime Watch project will install five CCTV cameras at Coogee Beach, which will be the pilot first stage of the City of Cockburn CCTV strategy. These cameras will prevent, deter and/or alert Police and Community Security Officers of criminal or anti-social activity occurring in the area.

City of Fremantle - $149,270 (WA). The Safer Streets in Fremantle project will install 6-7 cameras in identified crime hot spots.

Frankston City Council - $150,000 (VIC). The Frankston CCTV Camera System - Seaford Foreshore and Frankston CAD (Stage 2) project will extend the existing public surveillance camera system to areas of concern for the police and Frankston community.

Katherine Town Council - $150,000 (NT). The Stage 1 Lighting of the Katherine River Cycleway, Riverbank Drive and O'Shea Terrace project will improve lighting on the cycleway/walkway running from O'Shea Terrace along the east bank of the Katherine River to Riverbank Drive and the Katherine Hot Springs.

Lachlan Shire Council - $109,000 (NSW). The Installation of CCTV Security Cameras in the CBD of Condobolin project will detect and deter criminal activity / behaviour in the CBD of Condobolin through the installation of 8 or 10 CCTV cameras.

Mackay Regional Council - $149,000 (QLD). The Mackay CBD CCTV Crime prevention and community safety project will install CCTV to support existing crime prevention and community safety initiatives.

Rotary Club of South Mildura Inc - $94,510 (VIC). The Northern Mallee Regional Community Liaison and Support Programme (CLaSP) project will expand the existing CLASP project across the region of Mallee. The project plans to hold numerous information sessions to provide information to assist individuals with safety strategies. The police coordinator will complete residential assessments to report on improving security.

Shire of Laverton - $68,530 (WA). The Indigenous Visitors Temporary Camping Shelter project will purchase portable equipment that is required for the Shire of Laverton to be able to provide sanitation and water to Indigenous visitors that are attending Sorry Camps. The project will provide sanitation and improved access to social and emergency services for the duration of the temporary camps.

Strathfield Municipal Council - $150,000 (NSW). The Strathfield Robbery Prevention Initiative project will aim to boost the prevention of robbery within the Strathfield Local Government Area through the installation of lighting and CCTV in identified hot spots at the Strathfield train station. It will also engage the community though education initiatives to increase public awareness.

Tamworth Regional Council - $150,000 (NSW). The Street Safety Camera Project will aim to enhance the Council's existing Street Safety Camera Program to prevent antisocial behaviour and alcohol related crimes in which young people are primarily involved as both victims and perpetrators.

Town of Narrogin - $150,000 (WA). The Narrogin Safeguard project will install 8 CCTV cameras to monitor a number of trouble spots that have been identified in the town.

Wellington Council - $150,000 (NSW). The CBD Security Cameras project will install CCTV cameras in the Wellington CBD to provide surveillance to reduce the incidents of anti-social behaviour, malicious damage and robbery.

Wollongong City Centre Limited - $125,000 (NSW). The Blue Mile and Foreshore CCTV project will aim to detect and deter anti-social behaviour and criminal activity in Blue Mile and the Foreshore through installation of CCTV cameras.

Wyong Shire Council - $58,000 (NSW). The Blue Haven Crime Prevention Infrastructure (CCTV and Security Fencing) project will aim to reduce / deter criminal and antisocial behaviour in the Blue Haven community through installation of CCTV and Security Fencing.

Kempsey Family Support Service Incorporated - $138,700 (NSW). The MEND (Men Exploring New Directions) project will provide behaviour change programs for men enacting family violence (including one group for Indigenous men), and support and education groups for women and children affected by family and domestic violence in the Kempsey area.

Gateway Community Health - $150,000 (VIC). The Moments of Significant Change project will take a restorative practices and group conferencing approach to crime prevention working with families, schools and the Police in Wodonga and the surrounding area. The project will coordinate early intervention services with the justice system; develop pathways for participation and engagement of local community members; and facilitate skills training to strengthen community groups.

Big Brothers Big Sisters Melbourne Inc - $119,710 (VIC). The Mentoring at Risk Young People in the City of Frankston and Mornington Peninsula project will reduce community crime by improving a young person's self-esteem and life skills by building their resilience and overall connection with the community through the provision of one to one mentoring and group activities.

Mercy Community Services - $147,210 (NSW). The McAuley Turning Lives Around Project will provide two programs, the Intensive Behaviour Management Program (IBM), and the Holyoake Program. Both programs are intrinsically linked and will assist parents with AOD issues (and their family and support persons) through Holyoake groups and then assist the same parents with their parenting and behaviour management skills through the IBM program.

Kildonan Uniting Care - $140,530 (VIC). The Parenting After Violence project will assist men who have committed violent offences within their domestic environment or communities to mend relationships with their children and partners, to find ways to become positive role models and to care for their children's needs.

UnitingCare Tasmania - $150,000 (TAS). The Newpin on the Inside project will prepare fathers (and their families) who are parole ready, for positive family re-unification and aims to break the cycle of destructive relationships and recidivism.

Liverpool Migrant Resource Centre Inc - $131,165 (NSW). The Family Violence Prevention Program project will employ a project coordinator, and provide family-at-risk identification processes, workshops on healthy relationships, information sessions with and visits to relevant support services, and direct casework. It will aim to enhance awareness of and help prevent family violence within refugee communities in Liverpool.

Metro Migrant Resource Centre Incorporated - $136,155 (NSW). The Dare to be Sensible project will offer early intervention workshops and activities targeting young people (aged 5-21 years) from culturally and linguistically diverse communities, as well as their families.

The Dungeon Youth Centre Inc - $148,720 (WA). The Engaging Young People and Families at Risk project aims to provide support to youth and their families to deter them from crime and minimise anti-social behaviour. The project will also provide support to young people whose parents are imprisoned or hospitalised as the young people are often left to care for younger siblings. A dedicated family support worker will work with families most at risk.

Australian Red Cross Society - $130,230 (TAS). The Life Skills and Literacy for Families of Inmates and Detainees project aims to reduce the incidence of inter-generational crime in Tasmania by improving functionality, connectedness and literacy in the families of inmates and detainees.

Fresh Hope Association Inc - $147,910 (QLD). The Fresh Hope Family Intervention Program is to provide the opportunity for mothers suffering substance abuse and their children to break the cycle of crime and addiction. The aim will be achieved by providing suitable programs aimed at offering counselling, rehabilitation and support for the mother, as well as the education and skills to move from a low socio-economic status.

Making A Difference Youth Alliance Commission Australia (MADYACA) - $140,800 (QLD). The Afterhours Activity Program will provide opportunities and activities such as mentoring, computer skills, employment training and preparation, drug and violence prevention, youth leadership and sports with the aims of preventing anti-social and criminal behaviour by improving social skills, self-confidence, literacy, school work quality and academic achievements.

Baptist Union of WA Inc (sponsoring the Mt Barker Community Resource Centre) - $101,850 (WA). The Mt Barker Outreach Program will create an Outreach Centre for 12 - 17 year old Indigenous, refugee and disadvantaged European young people. The program will provide young people with positive interaction in a learning environment, improving educational, personal and social outcomes.

Noah's Ark Centre of Shoalhaven Inc - $98,625 (NSW). The Shoalhaven Managing Children Program (Aboriginal Project) will increase the number of Aboriginal families using positive behaviours support to manage their children's behaviour.

Barnardos Australia - $135,000 (NSW). The Mums and Booris Staying Connected project is for Indigenous mothers, who are incarcerated, which aims to prevent child abuse and domestic violence. This will be achieved by strengthening family and community ties, building parenting skills and healthy relationships and providing information including referrals to a range of family support, early childhood and community services.

Warmun Community (Turkey Creek) Inc - $98,500 (WA). The Gija School Attendance and Good Attitude Project aims to tackle the dual problems of low school attendance and damaging behaviours around the community by offering a series of youth camps to reward students for strong school attendance and law abiding, respectful behaviour. The project will provide professional assistance to teachers, youth workers and other community members battling problems of damaging youth behaviour.

St Vincent's Hospital - $154,000 (VIC). The Brain Stories Program will provide training to Indigenous drug and alcohol workers to skill them up in the latest information about Drug & Alcohol programs to enable them to work with individuals, families and communities.

Yaandina Family Centre Inc - $145,105 (WA). The Learning through Play This project will deliver an intensive after-school literacy and numeracy project for Indigenous children up to the age of 12 and their mothers or significant care provider. The aim is to reduce the number of children dropping out of school and becoming involved in crime, and to improve parent/carer's employment potential by teaching them alongside their children.

Australian Community Support Organisation Inc - $137,960 (VIC). The Specialist Mental Health Court Support Service project aims to reduce the incidence of crime and re-offending by people with a mental illness through the provision of timely access to support services for individuals leaving the court, on remand or being released on bail.

King Island Council - $85,000 (TAS). The Fruit and Veg Project will provide facilities for young people on King Island including alcohol-free entertainment and access to a gym.

Firearm Safety Foundation (Victoria) - $300,000 (VIC). The Forearms Safety Education and Training project will use the financial assistance of $3 0 0,000 (excluding GST) for the sole purpose of employment related costs for employees of the Foundation engaged in completing the Program of Work agreed to under the Funding Deed between the Foundation and the State of Victoria.

Catholic Religious Australia (Australian Conference of Leaders of Religious Institutions) - $350,000 (VIC). The Combating People Trafficking – Australian Catholic Religious against Trafficking in Humans (ACRATH) project will continue its outreach services in Victoria and New South Wales and increase awareness about people trafficking.

Project Respect - $350,000 (VIC). The Combating People Trafficking – Outreach to Women in the Sex Industry project will expand its existing outreach program to sex workers in brothels in Melbourne. The program includes the provision of information and referrals for potential victims of trafficking as well as support services for victims of trafficking.

Scarlet Alliance - $350,000 (NSW). The Combating People Trafficking – Migration project will expand its peer education work, which includes educating sex workers about working conditions in relation to people trafficking.

University of Technology Sydney - $350,000 (NSW). The Combating People Trafficking – Anti-Slavery project will increase awareness and responsiveness to all types of trafficking in Australia. This will include the development of information materials, workshops and delivery of information to communities.

Women's Health Goulburn North East - $55,000 (VIC). The BSafe Transitional Funding project will provide transitional funding for 6 months to enable Emergency Safety Kits to be supplied to a new diverse cohort of women as recommended in the evaluation of the trial project.

Neighbourhood Watch Australiasia - $1,500,000 (Australia Wide). Neighbourhood Watch Australasia will use this funding to establish a national office, run a series of local and national events, as well as enhance their online presence and activities to support remote and vulnerable communities.

Police and Community projects

Police & Community Youth Clubs NSW Ltd on behalf of Mudgee PCYC - $109,953 (NSW). The Straight and Narrow project will focus on improving the basic, personal and communication skills and job readiness of young people aged 12-16 from Mudgee, Kandos, Gulgong and surrounding areas who are disengaged or considered at high risk of becoming disengaged from school.

Queensland Police-Citizens Youth Welfare Association trading as Gold Coast PCYC - $74,408 (QLD). The Genuine Information Relevant to Life (GIRLs) project will deliver four, eight week programs to support young women aged 13 to 16 years who have disengaged or are at risk of disengaging from school and/or their family and starting to take part in anti-social behaviours.

Queensland Police-Citizens Youth Welfare Association trading as Hervey Bay PCYC - $91,550 (QLD). The School Attendance Rewards Program project aims to reduce truancy rates with school attendance being rewarded with access to activities at the PCYC which will serve as a crime diversion for Hervey Bay’s youth.

Queensland Police-Citizens Youth Welfare Association trading as Toowoomba PCYC - $101,010 (QLD). The Toowoomba Youth – Happy, Healthy, In Control project will deliver a powerful suite of personal development activities designed to enhance motivation, self-belief and resilience. Under guidance from experienced mentors, youth "at risk" will learn proactive strategies to develop core life skills and values such as anger management, team building, leadership, healthy lifestyles and positive relationships; maintaining links to school, family and the community.

Queensland Police-Citizens Youth Welfare Association trading as Mt Gravatt PCYC - $116,705 (QLD). The Multicultures project aims to increase collective efficacy by increasing cross cultural understanding and community cohesion. This will be achieved through developing leadership and mediation skills in young people attending local schools and better relationships and networks between young people, schools, parents, cultural elders and leaders, and local community agencies.

Queensland Police-Citizens Youth Welfare Association trading as Bornhoffen PCYC - $90,975 (QLD). The Blue Light Catalyst Project 2012 is an adventure based experiential learning program for young people who are disengaged from the community and involved in anti social behaviour. The program includes a 9 day wilderness journey and several follow up days/experiences.

Queensland Police-Citizens Youth Welfare Association trading as Inala PCYC - $143,263 (QLD). The Inala PCYC Positive Behaviours project will address ongoing and increasing antisocial, truant and criminal behaviours associated with young people in the local area. A strategic, structured and innovative program will be held in three local schools. There will be a mixture of one-on-one and group facilitation, training, and sport and positive behaviour days.

Police & Community Youth Clubs NSW Ltd on behalf of PCYC Lismore - $75,000 (NSW). The Bundjalung Midnight Sports project is a youth program that addresses issues including isolation, access to sporting activities, healthy lifestyles and crime prevention. Youth will participate in activities that provide an opportunity for them to interact with police in a positive sporting-based environment, breaking down historical barriers.

Tasmanian Association Police & Citizens Youth Clubs Inc - $148,900 (TAS). The PCYC Youth Plus project will use a holistic preventative/early intervention approach to youth crime and drug use involving youth outreach activities, information provision and educational workshops etc. Outreach will occur through Mobile Activity Centre programs and workshops and activities at local PCYC's.

Victorian Blue Light State Council Inc - $133,438 (VIC). The Indigenous Youth Ambassadors Movement (IYAM) project aims to empower highly vulnerable young people with the skills to develop and support youth led community projects or events that address relevant needs determined by them as a priority within their community.

Bridgewater PCYC Inc - $111,100 (TAS). The Drug Education Network project will provide support and activities to address the local issue of extreme school truancy and crime associated with poor school attendance and educational outcomes.

Victorian Blue Light State Council (auspicing Yarra Blue Light) - $150,000 (VIC). The 2’s Company Mentoring Program is a targeted youth mentoring program which through structured activities will support young people exhibiting escalating anti-social behaviour. In particular, young people from a variety of cultural backgrounds that live on the Fitzroy and Collingwood public housing high rise estates.

The Federation of Western Australian Police & Citizens Youth Centres Inc trading as Federation of W.A. PCYC – Armadale - $150,000 (WA). The Ignite Basketball Program is a diversion program which will provide quality recreational and education opportunities to young people aged between 12 – 18 years during peak crime periods.

Police & Community Youth Clubs NSW Ltd - $150,000 (NSW). The Freestyle Fridays project is a diversionary programme for 'at risk' youth and young offenders. Through a combination of creative expression, sporting activities, cultural education and life skill workshops.

Huon Valley Police & Citizens Youth Club trading as Huon Valley PCYC - $99,060 (TAS). The PROJECT RETCON (Re-engaging Through Construction) is an intervention tool to re-engage youth with home, education and society through developing practical skills in the metal fabrication industry.

The Federation of Western Australian Police & Citizens Youth Centres Inc trading as Federation of W.A. PCYC – Broome - $150,000 (WA). The Burdekin Youth in Action Inc. project is an alternative learning program for youths that have become disengaged from mainstream schooling and also is used as an intervention program as the majority of students who attend this program are described as Priority Prolific Offenders or Youth at Risk due to the many offences they have committed.

Security Improvements projects

Centacare Catholic Fanily Services Port Pirie Diocese - $56,900 (SA)

NSW Women’s Refuge Movement Inc t/as Delvena Women’s Refuge - $9,382 (NSW)

Moruya Women and Children’s Service - $4,700 (NSW)

The Salvation Army (NSW) Catherine Haven Women’s Refuge - $19,000 (NSW)

Dubbo Emergency Accommodation Project Inc - $24,028 (NSW)

Chisolm Incorporated - $32,595 (QLD)

Centacare Catholic Family Services (Murray Mallee and Adelaide Hills Domestic Violence Service) - $51,995 (SA)

The Salvation Army (QLD) Samaritan House Mackay - $31,427 (QLD)

Orana House Inc - $28,773 (WA)

Shoalhaven Women’s Resource Group Ltd - $5,560 (NSW)

City of Stirling - $41,300 (WA)

The Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (Q) on behalf of UnitingCare Community - $23,364 (QLD)

Emerge Women and Children Support Network Inc - $51,267 (VIC)

Tamworth Family Support Service Inc - $32,723 (NSW)

Palm Island Community Company Ltd - $80,000 (QLD)

Brenda House Inc - $20,700 (VIC)

Cape York RAATSICC Advisory Association Inc - $22,820 (QLD)

Anglicare WA - $76,789 (WA)

Muslim Women Association for and on behalf of United Muslim Women’s Association Inc - $96,000 (NSW)

Koongoora Inc - $12,000 (QLD)

Ruah Community Services - $29,672 (WA)

Lithgow Community Projects - $18,785 (NSW)

Alice Springs Women’s Shelter - $84,000 (NT)

Whitsunday Crisis & Counselling Service Inc - $8,720 (QLD)

Chrysalis Support Services Inc - $35,380 (WA)

Carrie’s Place Women & Children’s Services Inc - $7,750 (NSW)

Save The Children Australia as Trustee for the Save the Children Trust - $24,481 (QLD)

Kulkuna Cottage Women’s Refuge Ltd - $24,587 (NSW)

Maroondah Halfway House Group - $43,041 (VIC)

Aboriginal Islander Develoment Recreational Women’s Association - $25,000 (QLD)

Yarredi Services Inc - $3,346 (SA)

Government programs:

Completed projects

Crimtrac - $713,333. The Australian National Child Offender Register project funded the development of a nationally consistent approach to child protection offender registration. Funding received under the POCA made up one-third of the total development funding for this project, with the remainder being provided by the States and Territories.

Attorney-General's Department - $1,000,000. The Firearms Management System Scoping Study funded the development of a system to provide (i) the ability to detect movement of illegal firearms into Australia and between jurisdictions, (ii) early identification of trends in firearms supply and use, (iii) better coordination of law enforcement efforts, (iv) the ability, for people with a legitimate use of firearms, to travel more easily between jurisdictions, and (v) an improved ability for Australia to meet its international firearms commitments.

Australian Federal Police - $1,000,000. The Enhanced IT Intelligence Functionality (Project Walshingham) upgraded high-tech computer systems to improve their ability to sift through large databases to extract intelligence, linkages and other information to enhance the prevention and investigation of criminal activity.

Customs - $890,000. The CCTV Upgrade at Australian International Airports project upgraded closed circuit television (CCTV) capabilities at Adelaide, Darwin, Brisbane, Perth, Gold Coast and Cairns International airports by providing wide-angle surveillance and digital video recording capabilities.

Department of Health and Ageing - $105,000. The Croc Festivals project supported the 2005 festival program.

National Institute of Forensic Science - $60,000. The 18th International Symposium on the Forensic Sciences project helped fund the Symposium.

AUSTRAC - $1,919,419. The Reform of Measures to Combat Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism project engaged in reform measures to counter money laundering and the financing of terrorism.

Attorney-General's Department - $310,000. The South East Asian Collaborative Group on Precursors created a forum to extend and coordinate the aims and objectives of the National Strategy to Prevent the Diversion of Precursor Chemicals into Illicit Drug Manufacture Beyond Australia. The funds were used to facilitate a meeting on these issues with governments of the Asia – Pacific region.

Attorney-General's Department - $166,602.90. The South East Asian Collaborative Group on Precursors project facilitated the Second South East Asian Collaborative Group on Precursors (ACoG) meeting in Tokyo, Japan, in February 2007.

Australian Federal Police - $394,000. The In-Car Computing project accelerated in-car computing research and development from the concept to application stage.

Australian Crime Commission - $33,950. The Lost and Stolen Document Register Feasibility Study conducted a feasibility study into the establishment of a lost and stolen document register for proof of identity documents: it is intended to assist victims of identity theft and to mitigate the risk of further compromise of their identity for criminal purposes.

Attorney-General's Department and Australian Taxation Office - $508,574. The Document Verification Study undertook an empirical study of the Proof of Identity (POI) information provided by a sample of customers applying for tax file numbers with the Australian Taxation Office. The study will have implications for wider, whole-of-government, identity security measures.

Australian Institute of Criminology - $360,000. The Drug Use Monitoring in Australia (DUMA) project extended data collection of drug use by police detainees to a new site in Darwin and another in Melbourne.

Attorney-General's Department - $1,119,347. The Review of the Extradition Act 1988, the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987, and intensive bilateral treaty negotiations project significantly enhanced Australia’s capacity to cooperate with other countries to enforce the law where alleged offenders and evidence are located in a foreign jurisdiction. Extradition and mutual assistance in criminal matters are essential to effectively combat terrorism and transnational organised crime, including people smuggling, trafficking (in persons, firearms and illicit drugs), money laundering and corruption.

Attorney-General's Department - $600,000. The Shared Responsibility Agreements project contributed to Shared Responsibility Agreements (SRAs) between the Attorney-General’s Department and Indigenous communities. SRAs are agreements between governments and Indigenous communities and are developed where Indigenous communities decide they want to address specific priorities. SRAs combine better coordinated service delivery that reduces bureaucratic red tape for individuals and communities.

Attorney-General's Department - $252,000. The South East Asian Collaborative Group on Precursors project facilitated the third meeting of the South East Asian Collaborative Group on Precursors (ACoG) held in Hobart in September 2007.

Australian Federal Police - $200,000. The International Policing Towards 2020 Conference will focus on emerging trends in crime, sociology, geopolitics and science and technology.

Australian Institute of Criminology - $750,000. The Cybercrime / ID Fraud project undertook a national survey of the business sector to determine the extent and impact of attacks on the confidentiality, integrity or availability of network data. The Australian Institute of Criminology will contact, via telephone and mail, a random sample of 16,000 businesses across all business sectors in Australia.

Crimtrac - $2,223,000. The Automated Number Plate Recognition project delivered a detailed scoping study that will identify a strategic approach to integrate ANPR technology across Australia, identifying the necessary infrastructure and associated cost benefits analysis. A national approach will provide a significant benefit for the Australian community, and police forces and other law enforcement agencies will be able to identify and track potential vehicles of interest within and across State and Territory borders.

Australian Federal Police - $200,000. The Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) Database project supported the development of DVI capabilities within Australia and New Zealand. Specifically, the project will purchase, configure and implement a database system for use by all jurisdictions in Australian mass-casualty incidents.

Australian Customs Service - $1,500,000. The Customs Electronic Signage project increased electronic signage at international airports to warn travellers of particular offences.

Attorney-General's Department - $500,000. The National Firearms Management System project contributed to the development of the NFMS Business Case, which is being lead by Victoria Police. The establishment of a NFMS will enable State and Territory firearms registries to communicate more effectively to reduce the risk posed by the interstate movement of firearms.

Australian Federal Police - $105,350. A national Proceeds of Crime Conference comprising Commonwealth and State and Territory agencies involved in the recovery of proceeds of crime was conducted in 2008. The aim of the conference was to improve investigation and litigation practices, and to increase the effectiveness of proceeds of crime recovery.

Crimtrac - $1,900,000. The Minimum Nationwide Person Profile (MNPP) Project provided police throughout Australia with direct online access to assist them in determining whether a person is a threat to police safety, a threat to themselves or others, of interest to the police, or wanted by the police.

Australian Federal Police - $72,000. The Asia Pacific Group Meeting aimed to facilitate the adoption, implementation and enforcement of internationally accepted standards against money laundering and the financing of terrorism.

National Institute of Forensic Science - $900,000. The Improved Closed Set DNA Project funded research into the possible development of a fresh approach to DNA profiling in situations where there is a closed set of subjects (such as identification of victims of mass disaster). The near-perfect accuracy required for some circumstances, such as criminal prosecutions, is costly and time-consuming. NIFS, in partnership with Forensic Sciences South Australia and the Flinders University, will seek to develop a process for closed set DNA profiling which, by having a lesser, more appropriate standard of accuracy, will be quicker and more cost-effective.

Australian Federal Police - $200,000. The Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) Commander Training project supported the development of a DVI Commander Training Program for Australian and New Zealand police jurisdictions. The program seeks to develop and deliver four instances of the Australasian DVI Commander Program and develop the emerging leaders in Australian and New Zealand DVI response.

Australian Federal Police - $1,146,996. The Australian Federal Police received funding to improve its capability to provide close operational support, including surveillance capacity for investigations.

Australian Crime Commission - $100,000. The Governance and Administrative Audit will review the current capability of the ACC as well as consider its long term sustainability and future direction. The audit will enable the ACC to better support the Government's national security objectives and support its partners in the fight against serious and organised crime.

Active projects

Australian Crime Commission - $5,000,000. The Sentinel Strategy project will help counter threats posed to the community by serious and organised crime. The Sentinel program is a key plank in the ACC’s new operating model and will support the Government’s expanded national security objectives and the proposed Organised Crime Strategic Framework.

Attorney-General's Department - $1,250,000. Four non-government organisations will be provided with $250,000 each to develop their capacity in working to combat people trafficking. The project will also provide support for the work of the National Roundtable on People Trafficking.

Australian Institute of Criminology - $400,000. The Firearms Theft Monitoring Program will undertake a long-term Firearms Theft Monitoring Program to assist in identifying changes in the nature and extent of firearms theft, and provide valuable support for the future development of policy on firearms theft in Australia.

Australian Federal Police - $5,864,000. The Enhanced National Intelligence Picture on Illicit Drugs (ENIPID) project will provide a means to collect and interrogate scientifically robust data monitoring illicit drug market indicators such as purity, method of production, precursor chemical used and/or geographic origin. It will enable separate instances of drug related crime to be connected across domestic jurisdictions and enhance opportunities for forensics evidence to be presented in court in support of prosecutions.

Australian Federal Police - $1,795,000. The National Drug Precursor Risk Assessment Capability (NDPRAC) project will provide a rigorous risk-based assessment of illicit drug precursor chemicals to inform national policies to reduce domestic manufacture of illicit drugs.

Attorney-General’s Department - $400,000. The Pacific Islands Law Officers' Network (PILON) project will establish a permanent secretariat for this network.

Attorney-General’s Department - $300,000. The Implementing Border Controls on Tablet Presses project aims to implement new border controls on the importation of tablet presses. This will contribute to the reduction of illicit drugs manufactured within Australia by making it harder for organised criminals to access tablet presses.

Attorney-General’s Department - $790,730. The Asia Pacific Anti-Money Laundering Assistance Program will build the capacity of regional jurisdictions to target the movement of money by foreign organised crime networks and reduce the opportunity for such networks to engage in criminal activities which threaten Australia’s national security. Proceeds of crime training will be delivered to priority countries in Asia, such as Indonesia, Philippines and Sri Lanka, which have been identified according to Australia’s strategic interests.

National Institute of Forensic Science - $454,000. The Forensics Standards Development project aims to define appropriate forensic practices for all evidence types most commonly encountered by forensic practitioners. The proposed Standard Framework will provide defined practices to ensure individuals working with evidence will be able to follow standardised evidence recovery, storage and examination practices. In particular, the proposed standards would help provide reliable justice outcomes by ensuring that there are consistent and reliable practices in place across all jurisdictions.

Australian Federal Police - $259,000 – The Virtual Global Taskforce Conference project will meet the administrative costs of the 4th biennial conference addressing online child abuse.

NSW State Police - $2,900,000 – The NSW Police Waterfront Taskforce Participation project is part of a joint response to substantial organised crime on Australian waterfronts.

Australian Crime Commission - $2,000,000 – The ACID Database upgrade scoping study will fund a scoping study to determine options for the overhaul of the ACID (the national criminal intelligence database).

AUSTRAC - $2,950,000 – The Enhanced Remitter Registration project will allow AUSTRAC to put in place new processes to support the Government’s move to tighten the regulations of remitters.

AUSTRAC - $3,185,854 – The Financial Intelligence Data Management project will improve AUSTRAC’s operational and analytical financial intelligence capabilities. Improved financial intelligence capabilities will enable AUSTRAC to greater assist partner agencies in the investigation and prosecution of criminal enterprises, and will strengthen its ability to identify and provide early-warning on emerging high risk threats to the Australian community.

Australian Federal Police - $1,946,801 - This funding will allow the AFP to meet the costs of establishing a permanent Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce in 2011/12.

Attorney-General's Department - $737,986 - This funding will allow International Crime Cooperation Division to develop a national anti-corruption policy statement, implement the G20 Anti-Corruption Plan and review Australia's compliance with the UN Convention against Corruption.

Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity - $2,649,268 - This funding will provide a dedicated physical surveillance capability for the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity whilst a longer term proposal is developed.

Equitable Sharing Program

The United Nations Convention Against Corruption obliges States to share profits of crime where assistance in the recovery of those profits contributes to legal enforcement cooperation.

The Australian Government has made the following equitable sharing payments under the 2002 Act:

$3,372,807.49 to the Chinese Government for money recovered in Australia by the Australian Federal Police, regarding a matter involving a Chinese national, who was wanted in China for embezzlement and fraud offences.
$642,540.46 to the Indonesian Government after an investigation by a joint Australian-Indonesian task force.
$94,622.74 to the Queensland Government in recognition of the significant contribution by the Queensland police in assisting Australian Government authorities in a criminal investigation.
$3,860,000.00 to the Singaporean Government in recognition of its assistance in the investigation and prosecution of a Singapore national for fraud offences.
$280,446 to the United Kingdom in recognition of its assistance in the investigation into a series of thefts in the UK.
$199,478.42 to the Victorian Government and $199,478.42 to the New South Wales Government in recognition for assistance in the investigation of the Tran matter.
$96,605.96 to the Queensland Government in recognition of the significant contribution by the Queensland police in assisting Australian Government authorities in a criminal investigation and the recovery of proceeds of crime.
$4,160,259.81 to the Chinese Government in recognition of its assistance in the recovery of proceeds of crime, and in the investigation and prosecution of a Chinese national for money laundering offences.
$493,647.07 to the Indonesian Government for assistance in the Hendra Rahardja matter.

Prior to the commencement of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, equitable sharing arrangements were possible under the Proceeds of Crime Act 1987. Equitable sharing payments under the 1987 Act that the Australian Government has made include:

$683,500 to the Lebanese Government in recognition of assistance in investigating tobacco excise fraud.

The Australian Government has also benefited under similar sharing arrangements that other countries have under their laws, receiving the following payments for assistance given by Australian Law Enforcement Agencies:

$1,780,000 and $280,000 from the United States Government.
$1,782,514.78 from the Netherlands Government.

Enhanced IT Intelligence Functionality project will provide $1.0 million to the Australian Federal Police to upgrade their high-tech computer systems to improve their ability to sift through large databases to extract intelligence, linkages and other information to enhance the prevention and investigation of criminal activity.

CCTV Upgrade at Australian International Airports will provide $890,000 to the Australian Customs Service to upgrade its closed circuit television (CCTV) capabilities at Adelaide, Darwin, Brisbane, Perth, Gold Coast and Cairns International Airports by providing wide-angle surveillance and digital video recording capabilities.

ATO Document Verification Study, managed by the Attorney-General’s Department and the Australian Taxation Office, will receive $508,574 to undertake an empirical study of the Proof of Identity (POI) information provided by a sample of customers applying for tax file numbers with the Australian Taxation Office. The study will have implications for wider whole-of-government identity security measures.

Review of the Extradition Act 1988, the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987, and intensive bilateral treaty negotiations, managed by the Attorney-General’s Department, will receive $1,119,347 to significantly enhance Australia’s capacity to cooperate with other countries to enforce the law where alleged offenders and evidence are located in a foreign jurisdiction. Extradition and mutual assistance in criminal matters are essential to effectively combat terrorism and transnational organised crime, including people smuggling, trafficking (in persons, firearms and illicit drugs), money laundering and corruption.

Community programs:

The Youth Outreach Drug Treatment program, operated by the Grampians Community Health Centre, will receive $258,331 to provide innovative rural youth drug treatment and prevention services in the Wimmera and Central Grampians regions of Victoria.

The Pre-Program and Re-Entry Program, to be managed by the Forster Foundation for Drug Rehabilitation inc (trading as Banyan House), will receive $304,183 to help fund a 20 bed residential withdrawal and rehabilitation facility which caters for Aboriginal and non Aboriginal men and women experiencing substance misuse problems in the Northern Territory.

The Carinya Halfway and Aftercare Program, to be managed by the Wollongong Crisis Centre, will receive $141,894 to help provide supported accommodation in the Wollongong region of NSW for people with a history of illicit drug dependence who may also be suffering from a mental health disorder.

The Youth Options Program, operated by Drug Arm WA, will receive $150,000 to help provide assistance to young people in WA to enable them to improve their life and work skills and make a positive contribution to the community by providing mentoring and other support to young people at risk of criminal offending, substance abuse and social exclusion.

The 2 to 1 Program, to be managed by UnitingCare Wesley Adelaide, will receive $330,341 to help support people within the inner city of Adelaide SA, who have long term illicit drug and mental health concerns and will provide both group and individual treatment to individuals with a long term substance abuse history.

The AMEND Program (Assisting Mothers to End the Need for Drugs), operated by St Luke’s Nursing Service, will receive $218,367 to help establish a home based relapse prevention and management service for pregnant and parenting women on the Gold Coast, QLD, and will help women who experience problems relating to their use of illicit drugs and who find it difficult to access mainstream drug and alcohol services.

The Lifestyle Support Program, managed by The Buttery Inc, will receive $385,800 to help treat people with co-existing mental health and illicit drug dependence issues in the Northern Rivers area of NSW, to provide a sustainable long term reduction in the use of illicit drugs in the Northern Rivers community.