Diversion programs

This section provides details and links for diversion programs and projects available for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander offender population.

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

Title	Reach	Focus
Aboriginal client service specialist (ACSS) program	NSW	Indigenous
Aboriginal community justice groups New South Wales	NSW	Indigenous
Aboriginal community justice panels (ACJP)	VIC	Indigenous
Aboriginal disability justice campaign	National	Indigenous
Aboriginal mediation services	WA	Indigenous
Aboriginal road safety - a health lens project	SA	Indigenous
Abuse prevention program (APP)	SA	Mainstream
Alcohol court	NT	Mainstream
Anawim community centre	WA	Indigenous
Barndimalgu court and the Geraldton family and domestic violence project	WA	Indigenous
Belonging to family	NSW	Indigenous
Benelong's haven	NSW	Indigenous
Beyond the bars	VIC	Indigenous
Bourke alcohol working group	NSW	Mainstream
Bridge project	VIC	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Building a Queensland cannabis diversion model	QLD	Mainstream
Bundji Bundji partnership program	VIC	Indigenous
Cannabis intervention requirement (CIR)	WA	Not specified
Cannabis intervention session (CIS)	WA	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Care circles	NSW	Indigenous
Carpentaria Shire Council youth support services	QLD	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Central Desert night patrol	NT	Indigenous
Circle sentencing	NSW	Indigenous
Clean slate without prejudice	NSW	Indigenous
Colourful dreaming	NSW	Indigenous
Community courts	NT	Indigenous
Community crime prevention program	VIC	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Community offender advice and treatment service (COATS)	VIC	Mainstream
Community reintegration program	SA	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Cops and Koori kids fishing workshops	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
Early childhood families and schools together (FAST) program	NT	Indigenous
East Arnhem community night patrol and sobering-up services	NT	Indigenous
Exploring the Pathways to Contact with Juvenile Justice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children: developing a profile of the risk and protective factors to support a strategy for change	Not specified	Indigenous
First offender's court intervention service (FOCiS)	VIC	Mainstream
Gatharr weyebe banabe	QLD	Indigenous
Getting about Aboriginal bus licensing program	NSW	Indigenous
Great Southern community drug service team (GSCDST)	WA	Mainstream
Gunbalanya family safety program	NT	Indigenous
Halo day program	WA	Indigenous
Healing land, healing people	WA	Indigenous
Healing program	VIC	Indigenous
Healthy families (Council for Aboriginal Alcohol Program Services Inc)	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 family violence offender program (IFVOP)	NT	Indigenous
Indigenous youth healing program	NT	Indigenous
Interview friends program	ACT	Indigenous
Jumna wal	NSW	Indigenous
Justice reinvestment campaign for Aboriginal young people	NSW	Indigenous
Juvenile justice teams (JJTs)	WA	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Kalgoorlie sobering-up centre	WA	Indigenous
Keeping kids out of crime	WA	Mainstream
Killara youth support service	WA	Mainstream
Koori courts	VIC	Indigenous
Koori early school leavers and youth employment program	VIC	Indigenous
Koori intensive bail support	VIC	Indigenous
Koori youth justice program (KYJP)	VIC	Indigenous
Kowanyama community justice group	QLD	Indigenous
Kullari patrol	WA	Indigenous
Life cycle	WA	Mainstream
livALIVE	WA	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Local justice worker program	VIC	Indigenous
Lyons Street diversionary centre	QLD	Indigenous
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
Malpa juvenile justice program	NT	Indigenous
Maningrida child safety service	NT	Indigenous
Martu elders patrol	WA	Indigenous
Men's healing program	WA	Indigenous
Midnight basketball	National	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Moorditj nop	WA	Indigenous
Mt Isa Murri men's group	QLD	Indigenous
Murri courts	QLD	Indigenous
New England North West license training project	NSW	Indigenous
New era in corrections	NT	Mainstream
Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women's Council (NPYWC) youth program	National	Indigenous
Ngambra circle sentencing court	ACT	Indigenous
Night patrol (Rumbalara Aboriginal Cooperative Ltd)	VIC	Indigenous
Northern Territory early intervention pilot program	NT	Mainstream
Nunga courts	SA	Indigenous
Nyoongar patrol outreach service	WA	Indigenous
Our journey to respect	NSW	Indigenous
Palm Island community justice group	QLD	Indigenous
Panyappi program	SA	Indigenous
Parent drug information service (PDIS)	WA	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Police drug diversion liaison program	SA	Indigenous
Positive futures: social inclusion program for young people	QLD	Indigenous
Pre-sentence opportunity program (POP)	WA	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Prisoner employment program (PEP)	WA	Indigenous
Project 10%	QLD	Indigenous
Queensland Indigenous alcohol diversion program (QIADP)	QLD	Indigenous
Red dust healing program	National	Indigenous
Regional community conferencing	WA	Indigenous
Rekindling the spirit	NSW	Indigenous
Rural alcohol diversion (RAD) program	NSW	Not specified
Safe Aboriginal youth (SAY) program	NSW	Indigenous
Sexual behaviour clinic (SBC)	SA	Mainstream
Sisters day out	VIC	Indigenous
Storytime project	NSW	Mainstream
Street youth service	SA	Indigenous
Strong men, strong families project	SA	Indigenous
Substance misuse assessment and referral for treatment (SMART) court	NT	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Supervised treatment intervention regime (STIR)	WA	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Sustainable personal development for Aboriginal men	SA	Indigenous
Talkin' about law	QLD	Indigenous
Torres Strait Island community police services	QLD	Indigenous
Violence prevention program (VPP)	SA	Mainstream
Walking together program	NSW	Indigenous
Wapa maya	WA	Indigenous
Yalata Aboriginal Community Drug diversional program	SA	Indigenous
Yindyama la	NSW	Indigenous
Yiriman youth project	WA	Indigenous
Young persons opportunity program (YPOP)	WA	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Young women's support sevice (YWSS)	National	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Youth cultcha program	VIC	Indigenous
Youth in communities program	NT	Indigenous
Youth justice conferencing Queensland	QLD	Mainstream with Indigenous content
Youth justice program	VIC	Indigenous
Yuendumu mediation and justice committee	NT	Indigenous