Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0776519

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0776519

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Reconnecting Disaffected Youth through Successful Transition to Work. According to the ABS (2006) more than 15% of Australia's youth receives employment benefits at a cost that the Department of Family and Community Services (2000) estimated between $44 000 and $46 000/person/year. High rates of offending and repeat arrests are prevalent within the group at a cost to the youth concerned and to the nation. The Productivity Commission estimated in 2004 that outlay to keep someone in prison was between $67,000 and $85,0004 per year. We seek to short-circuit the human and economic costs of the failure cycle by improving individuals' capacities to gain and retain work, and to have healthy lifestyles and positive self-concept, and thereby to contribute to their positive participation in society.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 12-2007

End Date: 12-2013

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $190,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Other Education | Education Systems |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education | Vocational education and training | Occupational training

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