Justice Reinvestment - Community Readiness

Project Member(s): Allison, F., Coombes, L., Cunneen, C.

Funding or Partner Organisation: Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department (Attorney-General's Dept)
Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department (Attorney-General's Dept)

Start year: 2023

Summary: The project is 12 months in total, with the possibility of an additional three years of funding. Jumbunna is providing expert advice on justice reinvestment for this tender as a subcontractor, with Ninti One leading the tender. Stage 1 of the project will be preparation for community facing work in Stage 3. Stage 1 involves development of a 'readiness' tool that communities will use to assess their readiness to apply for Federal Government funding; development and roll out of an Expression of Interest (EOI) process/documentation; and preparation of community resources for Stage 3. Stage 2 involves selection of 6 communities to work with in Stage 3, recruitment of local Aboriginal community engagement team members to help with Stage 3, and first visits/consultations with communities. Stage 3 will be more intensively focused on working with communities selected in Stage 2 to progress work with justice reinvestment, including to apply for funding. Ninti One will be responsible for the funding aspect of the project (includes administering funding process). Milestones are to be determined in consultation with the Attorney Generals Department. Variation / extension March 23 - 30 June 24.

FOR Codes: Crime and social justice , Law and society and socio-legal research, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander archaeology, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing, Justice and the law, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander determinants of health, Law reform

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.