National Justice Reinvestment Program - Round 3
Tender ID: 568397
Tender Details
Tender Description
The Australian Government is inviting applications through an open non-competitive process to deliver justice reinvestment initiatives.
This grant opportunity will be open for applications from 26 September 2024 through to 13 January 2025.
While the funding for the National Justice Reinvestment Program is ongoing, applicants are only able to apply for a maximum grant period of 3 years (from 2024–25, 2025–26 and 2026–27) for this grant opportunity.
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.
Please click on the Justice Reinvestment video to find out more information about this grant.
Eligibility:
To be eligible, you must be one of the following entity types:
- Company
- Cooperative
- Corporate Commonwealth Entity
- Corporate State or Territory Entity
- Incorporated Association
- Indigenous Corporation
- Local Government
- Non-corporate Commonwealth Statutory Authority
- Non-corporate State or Territory Entity
- Non-corporate State or Territory Statutory Authority
- Partnership
- Statutory Entity
- Unincorporated Association.
See section 4.1 of the Grant Opportunity Guidelines for further information.
Grant Activity Timeframe:
Assessment of applications - Within 10 weeks from the closing date
Approval of outcomes of selection process - Within 13 weeks from the closing date
Notification to applicants - Within 15 weeks from the closing date
Negotiations and award of grant agreements - Within 20 weeks from the closing date
Earliest start date of grant activity - June 2025
End date of grant activity - 30 June 2027
Instructions for Application Submission:
To apply, you will need to:
- complete the online application form on GrantConnect
- provide all the information requested
- address all eligibility and assessment criteria
- include all necessary attachments (Budget and Proposed Plan of Activities are mandatory for all applications, a Transition Plan is mandatory for non-Indigenous organisations)
- submit your application to the Community Grants Hub by 09:00 pm AEDT on 13 January 2025.
Location
New South Wales : Central West : Far North Coast : Far West : Hunter : Illawarra : Mid North Coast : Murray : New England : Orana : Riverina : Southern Highlands : Sydney
Queensland : Cairns & Far North Queensland : Gladstone : Mackay Whitsunday Region : Mount Isa & North West Region : Rockhampton : South East Queensland : South West & Darling Downs : The Central West : Townsville : Wide Bay Burnett
Victoria : Barwon South West : Gippsland : Grampians : Hume : Loddon Mallee : Melbourne
South Australia : Adelaide : Eyre & Western : Far North : Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island : Limestone Coast : Murray & Mallee : York & Mid North
Northern Territory : Barkly : Big Rivers : Central Australia : East Arnhem : Greater Darwin : Top End
Australian Capital Territory
Tasmania
