Yalagan's REvive Pre & Post Release Employment Program
Breaking the Cycle The YRT & NexGen Pathways ReVive Prison Program isn’t just about training. It’s about transformation. In partnership with industry, we support women transitioning from custody into paid employment, nationally recognised qualifications and structured mentoring. Through real jobs, real wages and real support, women are rebuilding confidence, reconnecting with family and stepping into a future that once felt out of reach. Addiction doesn’t define them. Prison doesn’t define them. Opportunity does. This is what breaking the cycle looks like.
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2023-03-10
Our REvive Program - Where Second Chances Become Real Futures
For many women leaving prison, the hardest part isn’t walking out the gate — it’s what comes next.
Housing insecurity. Addiction recovery. Rebuilding relationships. Loneliness. Stigma. And the overwhelming risk of falling back into old patterns.
The YRT & NexGen ReVive Program was built to change that story.
In partnership with industry, ReVive provides structured employment, nationally recognised training and long-term mentoring support to women in the final months of incarceration and post-release. Participants earn while they learn — completing a fully funded qualification, gaining paid employment at above-award rates and receiving ongoing mentoring support throughout an 18-month traineeship
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But the real power of ReVive isn’t just the Certificate, YRT and NexGen are changing lives with pre release and post release job placement
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It’s the wraparound support. Transport to and from work. Dedicated mentors. Daily check-ins. Help navigating housing, licences and the transition back into community
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For women who have lived through addiction, trauma and years cycling through the justice system, stable employment becomes more than a pay cheque — it becomes identity, dignity and hope.
We’ve seen women step onto worksites wearing ankle bracelets and leave months later as respected team members. We’ve seen mothers reconnect with their children. We’ve seen confidence replace shame. We’ve seen futures rewritten.
The statistics around Aboriginal women in custody are confronting. But statistics don’t change lives — opportunity does.
ReVive is about breaking the cycle of addiction and crime through employment, capability and belief.
Not charity.
Not sympathy.
Opportunity, structure and accountability.
Because when one woman succeeds, families stabilise. Communities strengthen. And the cycle begins to break.
If she can do it, others can too.
And we’re here to walk that journey with them.