Grants to help make Indigenous communities safer

Wyndham Youth Aboriginal Corporation is set to receive $187,000 to reduce youth crime and improve community safety in the latest round of funding awarded under the WA State Government’s Criminal Property Confiscation Grants Program.

The initiative will provide a Young Adults At-Risk Program for Aboriginals aged 18-35 years with complex needs and at risk of offending.

Grant totalling $2.6 million will help not-for-profit community groups and local governments fund crime prevention, community safety, and victim support projects.

“Since the inaugural funding round in 2003, the Criminal Property Confiscation Grants Program has supported worthy organisations with funds totalling over $41 million,” Attorney General John Quigley said.

“I find it particularly fitting that money and other assets the State has seized from convicted criminals are used to fund key services which benefit the community, including victims of crime.

The Wajarri Yamaji Aboriginal Corporation based in Spalding, will also receive $185,000 to assist with the Burringurrah Aboriginal Community Development Project in the Murchison region of the State.

And the Wunan Foundation in Kununurra whicworksd to ensure that Aboriginal people in the East Kimberley enjoy the capabilities and opportunities they need to make positive choices in life will receive almost $200,000 for its Still on Track program.