Brenda Shaw says the hardest part of her job over the Christmas break was driving young children home from Fitzroy Crossing's Night Space — some as young as four — knowing the program is not funded to support children under 10.

"There are a lot of kids who aren't safe at home," said Ms Shaw, a youth worker at Marra Worra Worra Aboriginal Corporation's Night Space in Fitzroy Crossing, a remote town in WA's Kimberley region.

The Night Space remained open throughout the holiday period, including on Christmas Day, providing vital services including warm meals, showers, night patrols and wellbeing check-ins.

Between December 21 and January 4, the service recorded 746 visits from 199 young people. More than a quarter involved children under 10, with 61 children aged between four and nine accounting for 153 visits over that period.

Ms Shaw said the increase reflected younger children following their older siblings into the Night Space.

"The little ones are coming more regularly because they feel safe coming with their older brothers and sisters," she said.

Over Christmas, the Night Space also distributed gifts to local children, giving moments of levity during a period that can be especially difficult for families.

But support for younger children is not sustainable under the current funding model. The Night Space is funded as a youth justice diversion program through the WA Department of Justice, despite a growing number of children attending who are below the age of criminal responsibility - and having had no contact with the justice system.

The organisation has made repeated attempts to secure funding from the Department of Communities, including a meeting between its former chair and Child Protection Minister Jessica Stojkovski, but no funding has been approved.

In Western Australia, the age of criminal responsibility is 10, meaning children younger than that are not eligible for youth justice diversion programs.

Asked why the Night Space is not funded through the Department of Communities, a government spokesperson said "the safety and wellbeing of children is always the State Government's highest priority".

"In the West Kimberley, the State Government funds Communities a total of more than $2 million per year to deliver Target 120 and provide Intensive Family Support Services," the spokesperson said.

Ms Shaw said concerns about neglect in some households across the Fitzroy Valley weighed heavily on staff.

"I feel burdened when we have to drop them off at home because we don't have funding," she said.

"At the Night Space, they have somewhere to talk, to be cared for. It's a safe place."