Community-based Crime Action Grants (Australia)

Building on or complementing existing local responses and knowledge, CBCA grants will support innovative solutions that build community confidence and feelings of safety and affect lasting, meaningful changes and connections for young people.

Complementing existing local responses and knowledge, the Community-based Crime Action grants will support practical solutions to:

• reduce youth crime and re-offending
• enhance community safety
• improve early intervention and prevention services for at-risk youth
• help young people involved in the youth justice system to
  • build positive relationships and participation in their community
  • improve their health outcomes
  • engage with education and training to increase life and work skills.

Identified Areas of Emerging Need in Response to Youth Crime

• They are interested in responses that target or support areas of emerging need in your location. Projects that target at least one emerging need, either a statewide need or a local emerging need, are preferred. Statewide areas of need:
  • responses that are available after business hours (i.e., after 5:00 pm and into the night), on weekends or public holidays
  • culturally safe responses for First Nations young people
  • responses that upskill and build capacity of the non-government workforce that supports young people in the youth justice system (i.e., developing resources, programs, responses, and/or training to people who work with repeat offenders to address criminogenic behaviour)
  • responses that address the needs of 10 to 13-year-olds involved in youth crime
  • responses that address the needs of young people transitioning from detention
  • responses tailored to the specific need of young women at risk of offending or who have offended
  • responses to address use of violence and use of weapons
  • responses that connect up, leverage and strengthen existing non-government services, programs and networks

What funds are available?

• The 2023-24 CBCA grants will provide up to $5 million in funds for short-term, time limited local projects in communities across Queensland, with funding between $5,000 and $75,000 per project available.
• The project establishment must commence from 2024 (you must include the date you expect the project to finish in your submission).

Who is eligible to apply?

• Applicants can be a single organisation or individual, joint partners, or combined organisations.
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Organisations and Indigenous businesses are encouraged to apply.
• State and Federal Government agencies are not eligible to apply.

Joint Applications

• For joint applications between more than one organisation, a lead must be identified. As the lead agency will be legally accountable for the activity and grant expenditure they must:
  • be either an incorporated not-for-profit, registered business or legal entity; or
  • have an auspice agreement with any of the above entities.
• Lead agencies must also:
  • have a registered and current Australian Business Number (ABN) or Australian Company Number (ACN) and be registered for GST
  • have experience delivering services in Queensland
  • provide a letter of support from the other organisations involved in the application for the service or program for which the grant is sought
  • hold public liability insurance to the value of not less than $10 million, or provide evidence of plans to obtain insurance to the value of not less than $10 million to cover the proposed project.

For more information, visit Queensland Government.