Moorditj Koort Kaat (MKK) is a community-based, case management focused behaviour change program for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal men (18+) who perpetrate, or who are at risk of perpetrating coercive, controlling and abusive behaviour in a family and domestic violence context. MKK would hold perpetrators accountable and support men to make changes in their behaviour by ...
Southern Aboriginal Corporation
Moorditj Koort Kaat (MKK) – Men’s Behaviour Change Program
GOAL
$500,000
Australia > WA > Metro and Regional
Field of Interest
- First Nations communities
- Individual/family services and support
Target Population
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Southern Aboriginal Corporation
Founded in 1983, Southern Aboriginal Corporation (SAC) is a not-for-profit, Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation that exists to support the unique and evolving needs of Aboriginal people across the Great Southern, Southwest and Wheatbelt regions of Western Australia.
Project Summary
Moorditj Koort Kaat (MKK) is a community-based, case management focused behaviour change program for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal men (18+) who perpetrate, or who are at risk of perpetrating coercive, controlling and abusive behaviour in a family and domestic violence context.
MKK would hold perpetrators accountable and support men to make changes in their behaviour by providing them with the skills, knowledge and tools to begin their journey of change through targeted interventions. The program has 4 key components:
1. Individual Support
Participants would receive specialised case management including counselling, trauma therapy and connection to Country activities.
2. Group Programs
For men who use violence, MKK would include group programs at a minimum of two hours a week for 12 weeks, led by at least two facilitators, with mixed gender facilitation as possible.
Post Program/Throughcare
• Case Managers would provide ongoing individual post-program support for durations flexible to the needs of participatant.
• A key component of this includes the provision of assistance for participants to connect with the comprehensive suite of community services they may need to set them up to successfully implement the learnings of MKK. This includes programs delivered by SAC.
4. Partner/Family Safety Advocate
MKK would model the partner/family safety advocate component of the service on SAC’s existing Family Violence Prevention Legal Service non-legal client support model, which provides intensive case management for victims of family and domestic violence to ensure their holistic needs are met, beyond the demands of their legal matter.
Project Outcomes
Overwhelmingly, MKK will focus on ensuring that:
1) Perpetrators are held to account for their abusive behaviours.
2) Perpetrators are supported to change their behaviours.
3) Victim-survivors are safe and supported to recover from the impacts of violence on themselves and their children.
MKK builds on a pilot program delivered by SAC between 2023-2024, which was funded by the National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) and co-designed through comprehensive consultation process with local Elders, stakeholders and men with lived experience.
Through targeted, individual support, the program subsequently supported Aboriginal men to achieve the following outcomes, which will be mirrored for MKK:
• Perpetrators improve their social and emotional health outcomes, reducing risk of suicide and mental health issues through connection strategies aimed to achieve increased self-esteem, sense of belonging and resilience;
• Reduce rates of incarceration linked to reduction in rates of family and domestic violence perpetration and anti-social behaviour;
• Contribute to increased safety factors within the home and community, developing a community free from fear of violence; and
• Reduce rates of alcohol and other drug abuse.
Through these components, MKK aims to provide male participants the tools and support to make self-determined, positive choices that will impact them, their families and communities.
Budget Breakdown
TOTAL BUDGET: $500,000
FUNDING
| Funding source | Amount |
|---|---|
| Funding gap | $500,000 |
EXPENSES
| Expense item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Service Admin: Insurance - Office supplies - accounting | $7,200 |
| Program vehicle: lease - kms travel | $12,000 |
| Staffing - Service delivery staff wages | $377,565 |
| Staffing - Service Admin staff wages | $66,461 |
| Staffing - Training and development | $3,000 |
| Staff telephones | $4,800 |
| Program premises expenses: rent - electricity - water - cleaning | $28,974 |
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