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Rehabilitation Services

In reply to Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (28 July 2016). (Estimates Committee B)

The Hon. J.R. RAU (Enfield—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Justice Reform, Minister for Planning, Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Child Protection Reform, Minister for the Public Sector, Minister for Consumer and Business Services, Minister for the City of Adelaide): I have been provided the following advice:

The Attorney-General's Department does not fund any programs specifically for prisoners. The 2016 Crime Prevention Grants included a strengthened requirement for initiatives to be place-based or family-based in line with justice reinvestment principles which include working with communities to address the underlying causes of crime. Successful programs included:

Recipient: Victim Support Service
Amount: $97,690
Program: Safely Together Program—Supporting Children and Mothers after Domestic & Family Abuse
Purpose: The Safely Together Program will augment existing adult services, promoting a 'one-stop-shop' response with collaborative, wrap-around services for children and their families who have experienced Domestic Violence and are at risk of future contact with the criminal justice system.


Recipient: Football Federation SA
Amount: $76,083
Program: African mentoring program
Purpose: The program will deliver a football program 3 times per week over 40 weeks. The target group is young people aged 16–30 engaged in alcohol use and anti-social behaviour. The project will promote physical health, life-skill development, community connections and meaningful opportunities.


Recipient: City of Salisbury
Amount: $99,980
Program: A Better Future
Purpose: The City of Salisbury will champion a 'whole of community' approach that focuses on preventing domestic violence. The project will provide both preventative and targeted early intervention based educational workshops for primary school students within the Salisbury Local Government Area focusing on respectful relationships and gender equality.


Recipient: Ceduna Youth Hub—Ceduna Aboriginal Corporation
Amount: $100,000
Program: Ceduna Youth Hub Youth Mentoring Program
Purpose: To contribute to reducing and preventing youth offending, the Ceduna Aboriginal Corporation through the Ceduna Youth Hub proposes to pilot an after-hours youth engagement mentoring program on Thursday and Friday evenings and Saturday afternoon/evening. The Hub is a welcoming, safe space, with proven capacity to offer opportunities for youth engagement and community-connected mentoring and support.


Recipient: HYPA—Helping Young People Achieve
Amount: $80,675
Program: Indi—Healthy Relationships Program
Purpose: Gender inequality, power imbalances and controlling behaviours can lead to violence in relationships. In partnership with other local community service providers, HYPA will pilot a group program, Indi, to address these attitudes and behaviours and respond to the unique experiences of family and partner violence for young people living in and around Mt Gambier. Through the development of interpersonal skills and positive pro-social connections, Indi aims to build young peoples' capacity to reflect on their experiences, develop respectful relationships and make positive lifestyle choices. Indi supports reductions in family and relationship violence and offending, resulting in a safer community.


Recipient: Umoona Tjutagku Health Service Aboriginal Corporation
Amount: $65,000
Program: The Fresh Project: Reducing offending & reoffending among young Aboriginal people
Purpose: The project will engage young Aboriginal people at risk of offending in diversion activities including athletics, bush skills and bike adventures. The project aims to increase the connectedness of Aboriginal youth (aged 12-19) in Coober Pedy and Oodnadatta through healthy activities that connect them with peers, culture and community, improve relationships with police and other agencies, and increase understanding of the effect of crime on offenders' families and communities.


The Funding Agreement to deliver the Reboot Intensive Intervention Trial was awarded to Helping Young People Achieve (HYPA) following a competitive grants process. HYPA subcontract Red Cross to deliver the mentoring component of the program. The agreement is for $0.9 million to be paid in five instalments over two years (July 2015-June 2017) with a further $0.1 million available as a bonus pay-by-results payment. This was the first SA government contract with a pay-by-results component. A further $0.1 million will fund an evaluation by the Australian Institute of Criminology.

To get the $0.1 million bonus payment, HYPA must meet the following criteria:

Metric Comparison population average Payment
Proportion of cohort to reoffend (police apprehension or family conference) after 6 months of commencing program 46% $1,000 for each percentage point reduction beyond 3% (i.e. below 43% of cohort reoffending in first 6 months), up to maximum of $17,500
Mean number of police apprehensions/family conferences per person amongst those who are apprehended in first 6 months 3.0 $1,000 for each reduction of 0.1 apprehensions/conferences beyond 0.3 (i.e. below mean of 2.7 per person), up to a maximum of $17,500
Proportion of cohort to reoffend (police apprehension or family conference) after 12 months 59% $1,000 for each percentage point reduction beyond 3% (i.e. below 57% of cohort reoffending in first 6 months), up to maximum of $17,500
Mean number of police apprehensions/family conferences amongst those who are apprehended in 12 months 4.2 $1,000 for each reduction of 0.1 apprehensions/conferences beyond 0.3 (i.e. below mean of 3.9 per person), up to a maximum of $17,500
Individual engagement in education or employment, or to commence/complete accredited training N/A $375 per individual successfully placedMaximum payment $30,000


The Attorney-General's Department has no other grant programs that incorporate a bonus scheme.

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