Fresh Start and Break-Away programmes

Prime Minister John Key today announced details around the $84.544m Fresh Start and Break-Away programmes - providing targeted help for young people at risk of poor outcomes, including serious young offenders.

The programmes comprise of:

• the Government's Fresh Start for Young Offenders reforms, which will increase and improve the options for: holding serious and persistent youth offenders accountable, addressing the causes of offending, and preventing reoffending.
• new Break-Away initiatives that will increase and improve the range of school holiday and youth development opportunities for young people whose families may not be able to provide them.

We are currently developing these programmes, including the criteria and funding for each. We will update the Questions and Answers in the below fact sheets as these programmes progress.

Further information:

Break-Away Package

Break-Away School Holiday Programmes

More information about the Break-Away School Holiday Programmes can be found on the Family and Community Services website.

For queries about the Break-Away School Holiday Programmes please email us:

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Break-Away Prime Minister’s Youth Programme

More information about the Break-Away Prime Minister’s Youth Programme can be found on the Ministry of Youth Development’s website.

For queries about the Break-Away Prime Minister’s Youth programme, please email:

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Break-Away Residential Holiday Respite Camps

For queries about the respite camps, please email us at:

Fresh Start package

If you have any questions about the Fresh Start programme, please email us:

Media releases from the Beehive website