MADEC Youth Services

Since 2001, MADEC has worked closely with the youth sector and young people "at risk" of early school leaving and has experienced first hand the need for youth focused, customised education/training programs that meets the goal of assisting young people through barriers they may be facing.

Mackay and District Youth Crime Prevention Service

MADEC auspice funding the Department of Communities for the Mackay and District Youth Crime Prevention Service (MDYCPS). The MDYCPS will engage with young people who are already offending, or at risk of offending behaviour, their communities and service providers to facilitate the provision of high quality juvenile crime prevention and youth justice strategies.

Projects

Projects will be funded through MDYCPS that show innovative approaches to:

• Reduction in young people offending
• Reduction of over-representation of Indigenous young people in the youth justice system
• Addressing the criminal genic needs of young people
• Demonstrating sustainable exit strategies
• Demonstrating that the needs of the target group are met and that young people have been involved in the development of the project or have been consulted around the project
• Measuring the number of young people who neither re-offend or progress further within the statutory system

The Get Set for Work Program

The Get Set for Work Program provides young people with a pathway either to employment or back into formal education and/or training.

The target group for The Get Set for Work program includes young people aged 15-19 years who have disengaged from school, or are "at high risk" of disengaging, and who do not see alternative courses offered by schools or TAFE colleges as an immediately appropriate option. These young people are likely to be experiencing personal issues and may not be attending school regularly.