Circuit Breaker
Expressions of interest to deliver the Circuit Breaker program are now closed.
Successful applicants will be notified in the coming months.
Circuit Breaker is a court-ordered intensive youth rehabilitation program to restore safety where you live.
The program will:
- offer an alternative to youth detention through intensive, structured, and evidence-based rehabilitation
- emphasise discipline and consequences to rehabilitate youth offenders to prevent reoffending
- offer wraparound social and health services
- include structured activities, including ‘hands-on’ learning—for example, in agricultural activities or livestock management where youth can gain practical knowledge and the skills needed to help get them back on track.
The program is supported by an $80 million investment over 4 years and will be delivered in 2 facilities in remote locations in regional centres, located in:
- northern Queensland
- southern Queensland.
The program will cater for a combined capacity of up to 60 youth offenders for up to 6 months.
Expressions of interest are closed
Expressions of interest to deliver Circuit Breaker closed 23 July 2026.
The Queensland Government invited suitably qualified organisations to submit expressions of interest (EOIs) through a procurement process to deliver:
- program and service delivery; or
- facility management and property operations; or
- both program and service delivery and facility management and property operations.
Program delivery is expected to commence in 2026.
More information
For more information contact YJCommissioning@youthjustice.qld.gov.au.
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