This project will be partly financed by the European Union. As part of it, the Probation Administration will design and deliver four targeted rehabilitation and treatment programmes, i.e., mentoring for persons doing community service, programme for domestic violence offenders, programme for sex offenders, and programme for the development of social skills. The project aims to design and deliver various activities and programmes, including to help offenders address substance abuse issues and anger management issues, adopt non-violent communication and gain social skills and key competences that will facilitate their social reintegration. Programmes targeting domestic violence offenders, programmes for sex offenders, and specialised treatment to help individuals with problems that led them to commit crime in the first place will also be delivered. This will allow persons on probation to gain work skills and social skills, making it easier for them to get paid work and reintegrate the labour market, make a step change in thinking, and avoid slipping back into criminal behaviour with the ultimate goal of enabling them to lead a better and safer life.

The project will be carried out under priority Long-term care and health, and social inclusion of Slovenia’s EU Cohesion Policy Programme 2021-2027. It will pursue the specific objective Promoting social integration of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion, including the most deprived persons and children.

The project is worth a total of EUR 733,000 and will receive EUR 425,140 from the European Social Fund Plus.