Archived Grant Opportunity View - GO1540

The objectives of the Safer Communities Fund Round 3 Early Intervention Grants are to:

• contribute to the preservation of the safety of Australians through funding local crime prevention activities that address anti-social behaviour and/or racial or religious intolerance by at-risk youth
• help at risk marginalised young people aged 12 – 25 to develop life skills to prevent them from becoming entrenched in the criminal justice system and to promote inclusion and build community resilience.

The minimum grant amount is $200,000.

The maximum grant amount is $2,000,000.

The grant amount will be up to 100 per cent of eligible project costs.

You must complete your project by 31 March 2020.

To be eligible you must have an ABN and be:

• a state or territory peak Police Citizens’ Youth Club
• a state or territory peak Bluelight organisation
• Youth Off the Streets Limited.

In order to be eligible you must:

• have met relevant state or territory legislation obligations related to working with children, and ensure that any person that has direct, unsupervised contact with children as part of a project under this program, has undertaken and passed a working with children check, if required under relevant State or Territory legislation. You are also responsible for assessing the suitability of the people you engage as part of your project to ensure children are kept safe.

You are not eligible to apply if you are:

• a local Police Citizens’ Youth Club
• a local Bluelight organisation.

$12,000,000.00

From $200,000.00 to $2,000,000.00

To apply, go to www.business.gov.au/safer-communities-fund-early-intervention