- Crisafulli Government is delivering Staying on Track youth offender rehabilitation program in Wide Bay-Burnett to restore safety where you live.
- The 12-month post-detention rehabilitation program is a new initiative aimed at driving down youth reoffending.
- The Crisafulli Government is delivering a fresh start for Queensland with a $225 million investment in intensive rehabilitation to help restore safety where you live.
The Crisafulli Government is making Queensland safer with a new post-detention rehabilitation program for youth offenders across the Wide Bay-Burnett.
It is one of the ways the Crisafulli Government is restoring safety where you live, with the Staying on Track program offering up to 12 months of rehabilitation for youths exiting detention, including at least six months' intensive support to reintegrate them into the community and prevent them falling back into a cycle of crime.
Bridges Health and Community Care and South Burnett CTC Inc were selected to deliver the program for the region following an extensive tender process.
Youth offenders are partnered with a mentor and receive tailored, high-intensity support to transition back into the community and reduce the risk of reoffending.
Staying on Track uses a network of mentors, family support, and community engagement to help youth strengthen life skills, build positive relationships, and reduce reoffending, laying the foundation for long term change.
The former Labor Government's weak laws, fewer police, and failure to invest in rehabilitation programs created a Youth Crime Crisis, with 94% of youth offenders leaving detention reoffending within a year.
The Crisafulli Government is delivering a fresh start to restore safety where you live with stronger laws, more police, early intervention and rehabilitation.
Minister for Youth Justice and Victim Support Laura Gerber said the Crisafulli Government's Staying on Track program was a critical step in breaking the cycle of repeat youth offending in Wide Bay-Burnett.
"While we are delivering consequences for action under Adult Crime, Adult Time, we are also investing in effective rehabilitation programs to help break the cycle of crime and make Queensland safer," Minister Gerber said.
"Our new Staying on Track program will provide intensive, tailored support to help youth offenders re-enter education, find employment, and build positive connections in their communities.
"Effective rehabilitation breaks the cycle of crime and Staying on Track is designed to give youth leaving detention the support they need to make a fresh start."
Member for Burnett Stephen Bennett said the Crisafulli Government's Staying on Track program would help break the cycle of crime and help restore safety across the region.
"The former Labor Government created Queensland's youth crime crisis and failed to invest in effective rehabilitation," Mr Bennett said.
Member for Maryborough John Barounis said the program would make a real impact across the local community to drive down crime.
"We're investing in Staying on Track to prevent another generation of serious repeat offenders and to give youth leaving detention the support they need to make a fresh start," Mr Barounis said.
Member for Hervey Bay David Lee said the program would prevent young offenders falling back into crime.
"For the first time, every youth offender leaving detention will receive 12 months of rehabilitation under our Staying on Track program to stop the revolving door of youth crime," Mr Lee said.
Member for Gympie Tony Perrett said under Labor, most youth offenders were released from detention without support.
"They were dumped straight back into communities and for years, the sector called this out as ineffective – The Crisafulli Government have listened and we will restore safety to the region," Mr Perrett said.
