Every program mapped. Every organisation tracked. Every dollar followed. Every piece of evidence catalogued. This is the most comprehensive view of what works in youth justice across Australia.
1,000
Organisations
1,000
Programs Mapped
$1.0B
Funding Tracked
631
Evidence Items
817
Media Articles
14
Stories
Youth Detention
$1.3M
per child per year
85% recidivism rate
COST RATIO
Community Programs
$5K
median per young person per year
1000 programs with cost data
Australia spends over $1 billion per year on youth detention. Here's what the evidence says works instead. We've mapped 1,000 community programs across 8 states and territories.
Sorted by community control percentage among Indigenous organisations. Click a state to explore.
| State | Orgs | Indigenous | CC% | Programs | Evidence | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TAS | 18 | 1 | 100% | 1 | -- | |
NT | 34 | 25 | 92% | 2 | -- | |
WA | 71 | 23 | 91.3% | 10 | -- | |
QLD | 263 | 40 | 82.5% | 7 | $137K | |
SA | 51 | 9 | 77.8% | 0 | -- | -- |
ACT | 24 | 6 | 66.7% | 1 | -- | |
VIC | 173 | 12 | 58.3% | 2 | -- | |
NSW | 230 | 25 | 56% | 6 | $17K | |
| National | 864 | 141 | -- | 29 | -- | $155K |
Percentage of classified Indigenous organisations that are community-controlled. Self-determination in practice.
Distribution of evidence levels across 1,000 mapped programs.
Programs with replicated RCT or quasi-experimental evidence demonstrating positive outcomes. These are the gold standard -- the programs we can say, with confidence, reduce reoffending.
Programs grounded in cultural authority with community endorsement. Evidence takes many forms -- including cultural knowledge, community outcomes, and self-determined metrics.
Funding distribution by organisation control type and the top funded organisations nationally.
| # | Organisation | State | Type | Funding | Records |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | QLD | University | $194.8M | 2 | |
| 2 | VIC | Intermediary | $55.0M | 1 | |
| 3 | QLD | University | $29.6M | 3 | |
| 4 | QLD | Intermediary | $6.5M | 1 | |
| 5 | QLD | Community Adjacent | $5.1M | 2 | |
| 6 | QLD | Intermediary | $4.8M | 1 | |
| 7 | QLD | Government | $3.6M | 4 | |
| 8 | QLD | Community Adjacent | $3.5M | 2 | |
| 9 | QLD | Community Adjacent | $3.0M | 1 | |
| 10 | QLD | Intermediary | $2.9M | 1 | |
| 11 | QLD | Community Adjacent | $1.7M | 38 | |
| 12 | QLD | Community Controlled | $1.6M | 1 | |
| 13 | VIC | Community Controlled | $1.5M | 1 | |
| 14 | -- | Community Adjacent | $1.5M | 1 | |
| 15 | QLD | Community Adjacent | $1.4M | 1 | |
| 16 | QLD | Community Adjacent | $1.3M | 40 | |
| 17 | QLD | Intermediary | $1.3M | 1 | |
| 18 | QLD | Intermediary | $1.1M | 1 | |
| 19 | QLD | Community Adjacent | $970K | 1 | |
| 20 | QLD | Intermediary | $901K | 1 |
The human network behind community control. 339,698 board roles mapped, revealing the connective tissue of self-determination.
339,698
Board Roles Mapped
0
Indigenous Org Directors
0
Multi-Board Indigenous Directors
Network Density
Board network data being mapped.
Behind every community-controlled organisation is a network of directors, often unpaid, often serving across multiple boards, who carry the governance load of self-determination. This data reveals for the first time the scale and interconnection of that network nationally.
Radical transparency about our own data. We show what we know, what we don't, and where the gaps are.
88.7%
157,116 records
Percentage of funding records matched to a known organisation
95.8%
1,000 programs
Programs with a verified operating organisation
99,561
of 1,000 orgs
Organisations with an Australian Business Number on file
This evidence base grows with every contribution. If you run a youth justice program, fund one, or research one -- we want your data. Contact us to add your organisation's programs, funding, or evidence to the national picture.
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Australia's largest urban justice reinvestment site
SA's first Aboriginal-led justice reinvestment site
70% community control among Indigenous orgs
85% community control, highest in Australia
Where moral panic meets community solutions
93% of QLD justice funding concentrated here
Decades of inquiries, royal commissions, and reports. Thousands of recommendations. Here's where they stand.
17
Major Inquiries
1,845
Recommendations Made
0
Fully Implemented
From the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (1991) to the present day.