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Community Grants Program

A range of initiatives have been developed under the Victorian Aboriginal Justice Agreement (AJA) community grants program, enabling communities to deliver regional and local responses to justice-related issues.

The following program initiatives have been identified in consultation with the Regional Aboriginal Justice Advisory Committee (RAJAC) network and are administered by the Department of Justice:

• Frontline Youth Initiatives (Frontline)
• Community Initiatives Program (CIP)
• Koori Night Patrol Program.

At the 19th meeting of the Aboriginal Justice Forum in September 2007, it was agreed that prevention, early intervention and diversionary strategies are required to deal with recidivism following a caution. Forum members endorsed the following local government areas as priority areas for funding under the community grants program funding round for 2009-10:

• Mildura
• Campaspe
• East Gippsland
• La Trobe
• Swan Hill
• Warrnambool
• Darebin
• Greater Shepparton
• Melbourne