Archived Grant Opportunity View - GO6634

The U25-GO grant opportunity assists targeted organisations to deliver crime prevention and drug diversion programs for youth under the age of 25 at risk of engaging with the criminal justice system.

The objectives of the grant opportunity are to:

• provide alternative pathways for young people who are at risk of being engaged in criminal and/or anti-social behaviour
• promote inclusion and build community resilience and strengthen family support structures
• enable young people at-risk to break patterns of recidivism and cyclical engagement in criminal activity
• help young people at-risk to develop life skills to prevent them from becoming entrenched in the criminal justice system and to promote inclusion and build community resilience.

The intended outcomes of the grant opportunity are:

• improved engagement of young people at-risk in education, work ready programs and the community more generally
• decrease anti-social behaviour or engagement in criminal activity and an increase in positive community and family engagement.

Grant funding for this grant opportunity will be available over 2 years from 2024-25 to 2025-26.

You can apply if you:

• have an Australian business number (ABN)

and are:

• a state or territory peak Police Citizens’ Youth Club (PCYC)
• a state or territory peak Blue Light Organisation, or
• an organisation nominated by the Northern Territory Department of Territory Families, Housing and Communities.

Where a peak PCYC or Blue Light organisation from a state or territory does not wish to submit an application, the peak organisation may nominate one affiliate to submit an application. See 4.1 and 4.2 of the grant opportunity guidelines for more information.

You can’t apply if you are:

• an organisation, or your project partner is an organisation, included on the National Redress Scheme’s list of Institutions that have not joined or signified their intent to join the Scheme
• an employer of 100 or more employees that has not complied with the Workplace Gender Equality Act (2012)
• a local PCYC (unless you are the only organisation in your state to receive written approval from your state peak to submit an application)
• a local Blue Light organisation (unless you are the only organisation in your state to receive written approval from your state peak to submit an application)
• an organisation previously defunded by State, Territory or Australian Government agencies for performance and/or integrity reasons
• an organisation currently under voluntary or involuntary administration
• any organisation not included in section 4.1 of the grant opportunity guidelines.

Find the full eligibility criteria in the grant opportunity guidelines.

$13,571,000.00

From $500,000.00 to $2,000,000.00

To apply, go to https://business.gov.au/u25go

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