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Canberra · ACT · Yeddung Mura Aboriginal Corporation
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Overview · from public sources
Yeddung Mura means good pathways in Ngunnawal. A community-led corporation supporting Aboriginal people on their justice journey in Canberra.
The community’s own description will replace this when the record is claimed.
Impact figures · each on its own source
188
Clients assisted by the Justice Housing Program (which includes Yeddung Mura's Transitional Accommodation Program for First Nations people)
cmtedd.act.gov.au · 2024View original
10
Houses operated under the Justice Housing Program (post-release accommodation, incl. Yeddung Mura's component)
cmtedd.act.gov.au · 2024View original
25% by 2025
ACT Government recidivism-reduction target the program contributes to (RR25By25)
cmtedd.act.gov.au · 2024View original
1,978.9 per 100,000
Aboriginal incarceration rate in the ACT (as stated on Yeddung Mura's site)
goodpathways.org.au · 2024View original
21 times
Relative likelihood of Aboriginal imprisonment in the ACT (as stated on Yeddung Mura's site)
goodpathways.org.auView original
Nearly 100
Adults released from ACT prisons each year (as stated on Yeddung Mura's site)
goodpathways.org.auView original
The story so far · from public sources
Canberra Elders came together over concern about services for First Nations people leaving prison and formed Yeddung Mura, starting with volunteers and a $1,000 donation from the local church.
oric.gov.au ↗Yeddung Mura registered as an Aboriginal corporation under the CATSI Act.
oric.gov.au ↗ACT Justice Housing Program (which includes Yeddung Mura's Transitional Accommodation Program for First Nations people) began assisting clients from May 2020.
cmtedd.act.gov.au ↗ACTCS launched the Yeddung Mura External Reporting Site on 13 July 2021, providing a culturally safe community-corrections reporting site for eligible First Nations clients.
act.gov.au ↗ACTCS published an evaluation of the Yeddung Mura External Reporting Site Pilot, finding clients, stakeholders and staff were overwhelmingly positive about its case-management and reporting outcomes.
act.gov.au ↗Yeddung Mura launched Caring Dads in Canberra (described as an Australian-first), backed by $960,635 over two years in partnership with Kids First Australia.
region.com.au ↗Who leads it · from public sources
The programs · from public sources
The organisation behind it · from public registers
Yeddung Mura (Good Pathways) Aboriginal Corporation
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