Tier 1primary_frontlineIndigenous-controlledNT

Oonchiumpa

Aboriginal-led youth services organisation in Alice Springs (Mparntwe), NT. Founded by Kristy Bloomfield and Tanya Turner. Delivers on-country programs, cultural camps, and youth justice diversion at At Napa station. Projects include on-country cultural programs for young people (including those in contact with youth justice system), screen printing and plastics recycling enterprise, and the Oonchiumpa House supportive accommodation concept. Partners with A Curious Tractor Foundation on goods/enterprise projects. Funded by NIAA and Snow Foundation.

Why Tier 1: "Indigenous org delivering on-Country mentoring and diversion programs for young people, fitting Tier 1 criteria."

Identity

ABN

53658668627

LGA

Alice Springs

Remoteness

Remote Australia

Community controlled

oric

Registry sector

Community

https://oonchiumpa.com.au

Programs delivered (6)

  • Alternative Service Response (Youth Mentorship)evidence: Promising (community-endorsed, emerging evidence)

    📍 NT · cohort: youth_at_riskfirst_nations

  • Atnarpa Homestead On-Country Experiencesevidence: Indigenous-led (culturally grounded, community authority)

    📍 NT · cohort: youth_at_riskfirst_nationsfamilies

  • Cultural Brokerage & Service Navigationevidence: Indigenous-led (culturally grounded, community authority)

    📍 NT · cohort: youth_at_riskfirst_nationsfamilies

  • Oonchiumpa Cultural Brokerage & Service Navigationevidence: Indigenous-led (culturally grounded, community authority)

    📍 Alice SpringsCentral AustraliaNT · cohort: all-agesfamiliescommunity

  • Oonchiumpa Youth Mentorship & Cultural Healingevidence: Promising (community-endorsed, emerging evidence)

    📍 Alice SpringsCentral AustraliaNT · cohort: youth-10-17at-riskjustice-involved

  • True Justice: Deep Listening on Countryevidence: Effective (strong evaluation, positive outcomes)

    📍 NT · cohort: professionalsyouth

Funding tracked

$1,517,1502 records tracked
  • $1,400,0002023-24

    NIAA Central Australia Youth Safety

    niaa-central-australia

  • $117,1502021-2025

    Alternative Service Response - NIAA

    manual

Ministerial access

No recorded meetings

This organisation does not appear in any disclosed QLD or NT ministerial diary entry. That can mean the access happens through other channels, or it can mean no access at all. The methodology page explains why this register is incomplete.

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Audit trail

This portrait is built from organizations, gs_entities, alma_interventions, justice_funding, and civic_ministerial_diaries. Tier 1 status is recorded in civic_org_classifications and was confirmed on 2026-05-22.Methodology →