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Programs and projects

This section provides details and links for programs and projects that address illicit drug use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Details and links (where available) relating to relevant programs, projects and lessons learned are collected here.

When you click on one of the headings of the table, the list will be sorted according to that heading. For more information about the program, click on the title.

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Title Reach Focus
'Knowledge = power' and 'Respect yourself' camps project NT Mainstream with Indigenous content
A prospective cohort study of ex-prisoners with a history of injecting drug use Not specified Mainstream
Aboriginal alcohol and drug services (Aboriginal Alcohol and Drug Service Inc) WA Indigenous
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cannabis interventions National Indigenous
Aboriginal connection program SA Indigenous
Aboriginal drug and alcohol traineeship program (non-government sector) NSW Indigenous
Aboriginal families and carers training (AFACT) project NSW Indigenous
Aboriginal family intervention project SA Indigenous
Aboriginal kinship program (Grannies group) SA Indigenous
Aboriginal youth sexual health and didgeridoo project NSW Indigenous
Addressing HIV risks related to injecting drug use in Victorian Aboriginal communities VIC Indigenous
Alcohol and drug information service (ADIS) WA Mainstream with Indigenous content
Alcohol and drug program (ADP) ACT Indigenous
Alcohol and other drug treatment services (Ngnowar Aerwah Aboriginal Corporation) WA Indigenous
Alcohol and other drugs Indigenous communities project NT Indigenous
Alcohol and other drugs information program National Mainstream
Alcohol, tobacco and other drugs prevention program (ATOD) QLD Indigenous
Anawim community centre WA Indigenous
Assessment, referral and counselling program SA Indigenous
Banyan House - Forster Foundation for drug rehabilitation NT Mainstream
Barbeque SA Indigenous
Baroona youth healing centre VIC Indigenous
Benelong's haven NSW Indigenous
Best practice guidelines for evaluation of Indigenous residential alcohol and drug programs NT Indigenous
Best practice in early intervention, assessment and treatment of depression and substance misuse (BEAT project) NT Indigenous
Beswick 'Youth at risk strategy' NT Indigenous
Boomerang caring program NSW Indigenous
Boomerangs parenting program NSW Indigenous
Bourke alcohol working group NSW Mainstream
Breaking the cycle of alcohol and drug abuse in Indigenous communities National Indigenous
Building a Queensland cannabis diversion model QLD Mainstream
Bulgarr Ngaru alcohol and other drug program NSW Indigenous
Bunjilwarra NSW Indigenous
BushMob bush adventure therapy program NT Indigenous
Bushmob residential service NT Indigenous
Cannabis intervention requirement (CIR) WA Not specified
Cannabis intervention session (CIS) WA Mainstream with Indigenous content
Cannabis withdrawal among Indigenous inmates in north Queensland (2012-2014) QLD Indigenous
Cannabis: it's not our culture National Indigenous
Cape York cannabis project QLD Mainstream with Indigenous content
Ceduna day centre SA Indigenous
Central Australian Aboriginal Alcohol Programs Unit (CAAAPU) alcohol and other drug programs NT Indigenous
Central Australian youth link up service (CAYLUS) NT Mainstream with Indigenous content
Central Desert night patrol NT Indigenous
Cherbourg injury prevention and safety promotion project QLD Indigenous
Clean needle program (Nunga users HIV/HCV intervention team - NUHIT) SA Indigenous
Community offender advice and treatment service (COATS) VIC Mainstream
Comorbidity action in the north (CAN) project SA Mainstream with Indigenous content
Connections: Aboriginal women's art therapy group NSW Indigenous
Counselling and wellbeing program QLD Mainstream with Indigenous content
Court referral and evaluation for drug intervention and treatment (CREDIT) and bail support (CBS) VIC Mainstream
Court referral of eligible defendants into treatment (CREDIT) NSW Mainstream
CREDIT NT NT Mainstream
Culturally secure accreditation framework project National Mainstream with Indigenous content
Cummeragunja community development drug action team NSW Mainstream with Indigenous content
Cyril Lindsay House program SA Indigenous
Danila Dilba alcohol and other drug program NT Indigenous
Darayiga guya mapu (come here: talk feeling) NSW Indigenous
Deadly choices QLD Indigenous
Deadly sista girlz WA Indigenous
Developing a best practice model of holistic health service delivery for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander inmates of the Alexander Maconochie Correctional Centre in the ACT ACT Indigenous
Djooraminda’s Indigenous family program WA Indigenous
Dolly Garinyi hostel NT Indigenous
Drug and alcohol - dual diagnosis worker VIC Indigenous
Drug and alcohol and mental health information management project NSW Mainstream with Indigenous content
Drug and alcohol assessment, detox and counselling program NSW Mainstream
Drug and alcohol clinical worker program QLD Indigenous
Drug and alcohol program (Gugan Gulwan Youth Aboriginal Corporation) ACT Indigenous
Drug and alcohol program (Umoona Tjutagku Health Service) SA Indigenous
Drug and alcohol youth service (DAYS) WA Mainstream with Indigenous content
Drug Aware cannabis prevention campaign WA Mainstream with Indigenous content
Drug Aware drug driving education campaign WA Mainstream
Drug substitution options and support (SOS) SA Indigenous
DRUMBEAT National Mainstream with Indigenous content
Dthina yuwali NSW Indigenous
Early childhood families and schools together (FAST) program NT Indigenous
East Arnhem community night patrol and sobering-up services NT Indigenous
Ecstasy and related drugs reporting system (EDRS) National Mainstream
Fairfield drug health service NSW Mainstream
First offender's court intervention service (FOCiS) VIC Mainstream
Gatharr weyebe banabe QLD Indigenous
Goldfields community drug service team WA Mainstream
Great Southern community drug service team (GSCDST) WA Mainstream
Gunbalanya family safety program NT Indigenous
Halo day program WA Indigenous
Head 2 head WA Indigenous
Healing program VIC Indigenous
Healthy families (Council for Aboriginal Alcohol Program Services Inc) NT Indigenous
Hit and miss: exploring the health and service needs of ex-prisoners with a history of injecting drug use VIC Mainstream
Holyoake QLD Mainstream
Holyoake counselling and support services program WA Mainstream with Indigenous content
I want to be heard research project ACT Indigenous
Illicit drug reporting system (IDRS) National Mainstream
Improved services initiative National Mainstream with Indigenous content
Indigenous alcohol and other drug national train the trainer pilot program WA Indigenous
Indigenous alcohol and other drug workers' wellbeing, stress and burnout project National Indigenous
Indigenous children's program NT Indigenous
Indigenous community action to reduce harms associated with heavy cannabis use in remote communities in the Cape York region QLD Indigenous
Indigenous diversion program WA Indigenous
Indigenous dual diagnosis project VIC Indigenous
Indigenous men managing anger and substance use (IMMASU) WA Indigenous
Indigenous national alcohol and other drug workforce development program National Indigenous
Indigenous storybook WA Indigenous
Indigenous substance misuse (Centrecare) WA Indigenous
Indigenous throughcare project NT Indigenous
Indigenous youth healing program NT Indigenous
Injecting drug use and associated harms among Aboriginal Australians National Indigenous
It’s your choice! Have a voice! rights, respect, responsibility 2013 NSW Indigenous
Jaru Pirrjirdi (strong voices) NT Indigenous
Jaru Pirrjirdi program NT Indigenous
Jumna wal NSW Indigenous
Kalgoorlie sobering-up centre WA Indigenous
Katungul Aboriginal Corporation alcohol and other drugs program NSW Indigenous
Kava usage in Indigenous and Pacific Islander communities National Indigenous
Koori access program VIC Indigenous
Koori access project VIC Indigenous
Koori diversion initiative VIC Indigenous
Koori youth alcohol and drug healing service VIC Indigenous
Kumangka drug and alcohol diversion service SA Indigenous
Kununurra women's fishing group WA Indigenous
Lakalinjeri Tumbetin Waal Frahns farm SA Indigenous
Lifestyle education program National Indigenous
Linking youth and families together (LYFT) VIC Mainstream
livALIVE WA Mainstream with Indigenous content
MacDonnell Shire Council community and agency services NT Mainstream with Indigenous content
Magistrates' early referral into treatment (MERIT and QMERIT) program National Mainstream with Indigenous content
Makin' tracks SA Indigenous
MAKINGtheLINK Indigenous program National Indigenous
Maningrida child safety service NT Indigenous
Men's healing program WA Indigenous
Mental health alcohol tobacco and other drugs service (MHATODS) QLD Mainstream with Indigenous content
Midnight basketball National Mainstream with Indigenous content
Mission Australia alcohol and other drug services NT Indigenous
Mobile assistance patrol (Aboriginal Sobriety Group Inc) SA Indigenous
Mobile assistance patrol (Port Augusta Substance Misuse Services) SA Mainstream
Moving across the frontline: young Aboriginal people and hepatitis C SA Indigenous
Mt Isa Murri men's group QLD Indigenous
Mt Theo program NT Indigenous
Murdi Paaki drug and alcohol network NSW Indigenous
Namatjira Haven residential program NSW Indigenous
National illicit drug indicators project (NIDIP) National Mainstream
New beginning National Indigenous
Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women's Council (NPYWC) youth program National Indigenous
Ngwala Willumbong outreach services VIC Indigenous
Night patrol (Rumbalara Aboriginal Cooperative Ltd) VIC Indigenous
No bars NSW Mainstream
Non-residential treatment program SA Indigenous
Nunga STARS (Strengthening true Aboriginal radiating spirit) program SA Indigenous
Nyoongar patrol outreach service WA Indigenous
Our healing ways VIC Indigenous
Pangula Mannamurna drug & alcohol awareness SA Indigenous
Parent drug information service (PDIS) WA Mainstream with Indigenous content
Partnerships for better health outcomes for Indigenous injecting drug users (IDUs) VIC Indigenous
Police drug diversion liaison program SA Indigenous
Port Augusta substance misuse services SA Mainstream
Positive stories National Mainstream
Pre-sentence opportunity program (POP) WA Mainstream with Indigenous content
Preventative health care QLD Indigenous
Prison health re-entry program WA Indigenous
Queensland injecting drug survey (QuIDS) QLD Mainstream with Indigenous content
Ramahyuck drug and alcohol abuse program VIC Mainstream with Indigenous content
Reduce your use: how to break the cannabis habit National Mainstream
Residential recovery centres program VIC Indigenous
Riverbed action group outreach support service (Ragoss) QLD Indigenous
Save-a-mate (SAM) and SAM 'our way' National Indigenous
Slow down project WA Indigenous
SMART recovery National Mainstream with Indigenous content
Sobering-up shelter (Koori Community Alcohol and Drug Resource Service) VIC Indigenous
Sobering-up shelter (Nggangganawili Aboriginal Health Service) WA Mainstream with Indigenous content
Sobering-up shelter (Yaandina Family Centre) WA Indigenous
Sobering-up unit (Port Augusta Substance Misuse Services) SA Mainstream
South West mobile needle and syringe exchange WA Mainstream with Indigenous content
Stagpole Street drug and alcohol rehabilitation unit QLD Indigenous
Stay strong and healthy – it’s worth it NSW Indigenous
Step out VIC Mainstream
Stock-take and gap analysis of Indigenous drug prevention research VIC Indigenous
Street beat NSW Indigenous
Street youth service SA Indigenous
Strong men, strong families project SA Indigenous
Strong spirit strong mind metro project WA Indigenous
Substance abuse intelligence desks (SAIDs) National Mainstream with Indigenous content
Substance misuse assessment and referral for treatment (SMART) court NT Mainstream with Indigenous content
Substance misuse program (Koonibba Aboriginal Health Service) SA Indigenous
Substance Misuse Rehabilitation Day Centre (Drug and Alcohol Services South Australia, Port Augusta) SA Indigenous
Substance use program (Tullawon Health Service) SA Indigenous
Supervised treatment intervention regime (STIR) WA Mainstream with Indigenous content
talk, respect AND connect (trAc) National Indigenous
Taree community drug action team NSW Mainstream
The connection ACT Indigenous
The development of culturally-appropriate cognitive assessments with applications in substance abuse and mental health with Indigenous clients NT Indigenous
Transitional alcohol and other drugs project NSW Mainstream with Indigenous content
Treatment service users (TSU) projects - phases one and two National Mainstream
Urban trax QLD Indigenous
Using rapid assessment procedures to investigate the impact of injecting drug use amongst Indigenous Australians in metropolitan Adelaide SA Indigenous
Walk tall WA Mainstream with Indigenous content
Wapa maya WA Indigenous
Warra-warra kanyi counselling and mentoring NT Indigenous
Wellbeing program NT Indigenous
Western Australian Department of Health's Multi-systemic therapy (MST) program WA Mainstream with Indigenous content
Wiltanendi ... becoming stronger SA Indigenous
Winnunga Nimmityjah Substance misuse service ACT Indigenous
Withdrawal program (Council for Aboriginal Alcohol Program Services) NT Indigenous
Wooree Miya woman’s refuge WA Indigenous
Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who use drugs, for staff of mainstream organisations National Indigenous
Wuchopperen Health Service Substance misuse program: tobacco, alcohol and other substances QLD Indigenous
Wurli-Wurlinjang alcohol and other drug unit NT Indigenous
Yalata Aboriginal Community Drug diversional program SA Indigenous
Yiriman ranger project WA Indigenous
Yiriman youth project WA Indigenous
Young Nungas yarning together SA Indigenous
Young persons opportunity program (YPOP) WA Mainstream with Indigenous content
Youth in communities program NT Indigenous
Youth Insearch weekend programs National Mainstream with Indigenous content
Youth justice program VIC Indigenous
Youth Off The Streets Aboriginal services NSW Indigenous
Youth wellbeing project NT Indigenous
Youth, alcohol, drug treatment and support program (YAD) QLD Mainstream with Indigenous content
Yowarling family project (Singing up) WA Indigenous
 
Last updated: 23 May 2013
 
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