Current Grant Opportunity View - GO6670

This grant opportunity is for Assessment Cycle 1 only. Assessment Cycle 2 will be a separate grant opportunity published on GrantConnect at 9am AEST on May 10, 2024, with its own Grant Opportunity Guidelines and application form. Therefore, applications made in Assessment Cycle 1 cannot be considered in Assessment Cycle 2. 

The Australian Government is inviting applications through an open non-competitive process to deliver justice reinvestment initiatives.

Funding is available from 2024–25 to 2025–26 for place-based community-led justice reinvestment initiatives. The National Justice Reinvestment Program is an ongoing program beyond 2025–26.

The objective of this grant opportunity is to:

• support the development and delivery of community and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led justice reinvestment initiatives across Australia, by supporting:
• the development, implementation, and evaluation of local justice reinvestment strategies and activities
• local project teams and leadership structures to undertake the work of developing, implementing and evaluating justice reinvestment strategies.

The intended outcomes of this grant opportunity are:

• Improving justice outcomes and reducing contact with the criminal justice system and incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults and young people, in line with Closing the Gap Targets 10 and 11.

• Contributing to systemic reform of government systems that intersect with the justice system.

• Contributing to building a strong and sustainable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled sector delivering high quality services to meet the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across the country.

For further support with the grant application process, contact Ninti One's Justice Reinvestment Helpdesk on 0460 036 155 or JRhelpdesk@nintione.com.au.

• Note Helpdesk use doesn’t guarantee a successful application.

You must demonstrate how you will centre your work on the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in your community, including by demonstrating you have support and authority to lead or act as the coordinating body for this work within a community, and that the work will be delivered in partnership with community members.

It will be a strength if organisations meet one of the following categories: 

• an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled organisation or
• an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Operated and Controlled organisation or
• other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisation that can demonstrate a plan to become a community controlled organisation in the future 

You are not eligible to apply if you are a/an:

• International Entity
• Non-corporate Commonwealth Entity
• Person
• organisation, or your project partner is an organisation, that is included on the National Redress Scheme’s website on the list of ‘Institutions that have not joined or signified their intent to join the Scheme’
• organisation, or your project partner is an organisation, that is included on the Workplace Gender Equality Agency website on the non-compliant list.

Expected timing for assessment cycle 1:

Closing date - 9:00 am AEST on 10 May 2024

Assessment of applications - by 19 August 2024

Approval of outcomes following grants selection process - by 18 September 2024

Notification to applicants - by 27 September 2024

Negotiations and award of grant agreements - by 11 October 2024

Earliest start date of grant activity - November 2024

End date of grant activity - 30 June 2026 at the latest, based on your grant agreement.

To apply, you will need to:

• complete the online application form, please see 'Submit Application'
• provide all the information requested
• address all eligibility and assessment criteria
• include all necessary attachments
• submit your application to the Community Grants Hub.

Please use:

• National Justice Reinvestment Program - Round 2 Assessment Cycle 1 - Grant Opportunity Guidelines - version 2
• National Justice Reinvestment Program - Round 2 Assessment Cycle 1 - Questions and Answers - version 3
• National Justice Reinvestment Program - Round 2 Assessment Cycle 1 - Application Guide - version 2
• National Justice Reinvestment Program - Round 2 Assessment Cycle 1 - Sample Application form - version 2.

Please click on the Justice Reinvestment video to find out more information about this grant program.