Doing what matters: New $2.6m funding for youth early intervention projects making the community safer

• The Miles Government is delivering on its promise to protect every Queenslander by investing in early intervention programs that tackle the root causes of youth offending.
• 39 projects statewide will share in almost $2.6 million in funding from the Miles Government’s Community-based Crime Action Grants, to deliver projects that enhance community safety.
• Through Community-based Crime Action Grants local youth early intervention initiatives can be implemented that will help keep their communities safe.

The Miles Government is doing what matters. It has invested $550 million to tackle the complex causes of youth crime, preventing future offending and keeping Queensland communities safe.

Through Community-based Crime Action Grants local early intervention initiatives can be implemented that will achieve better outcomes for young people, their families, and help keep their communities safe.

Unlike the LNP which has announced it will spend $50m on a taxpayer funded world tour to come up with early intervention ideas, the Miles Government is doing what matters and investing in local early intervention programs with evidence based solutions.

These latest Community-based Crime Action grants will see 39 projects statewide share in $2.6 million in funding.

It means they will be able to deliver projects that enhance community safety.

The CBCA grants complement the Miles Government’s Community Safety Plan and the Putting Queensland Kids First strategy.

In 2023-24, a total of $5 million was made available through the Community-based Crime Action Grants.

Quotes attributable to Minister for Youth Justice Di Farmer:

“We know community safety is a real concern for Queenslanders that’s why we are supporting programs like these that are tackling the root causes of crime.

“While our laws put the most serious offenders in detention, we are focussed on stopping the pipeline of young people entering the youth justice system.

“Our priority first and foremost will always be protecting Queenslanders and supporting victims.

“It means doing all we can to break the cycle of offending, because when a young person comes into the system, we want to make sure we’re doing our very best to stop them returning.”

More information

For more information on the Community-based Crime Action grants visit: https://desbt.qld.gov.au/youth-justice/partnerships/grants/community-crime-action

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