An Indigenous-led youth connection initiative in WA's Kimberley region has been honoured with a major award for their work with children.

Fitzroy Crossing's Night Place, founded and run by Aboriginal resource centre Marra Worra Worra, was honoured at the Community Service Excellence Awards held in Boorloo/Perth on Monday night.

The Night Place was founded in September and has gone from strength to strength. Within five weeks of the centre offering a supportive and positive environment for Fitzroy Crossing's youth, the town reported a remarkable fall in offences.

Local police told National Indigenous Times on Wednesday that since the Night Place started operating there has been a 56 per cent fall in car thefts.

In December, the WA government recognised the success of the program and committed to substantial funding over the next two years, and in January, the Night Place hit the milestone of 4000 visits from local young people. The number has now reached almost 8,600.

Rochelle Dolby, who manages Youth Connection programs for Marra Worra Worra, told National Indigenous Times the Night Place received the Remarkable Regional Organisation – Champions of Rural and Remote Innovation award.

Marra Worra Worra general manager of programs Nicola Angell told National Indigenous Times the awards are about "collectively recognising and celebrating the work that organisations do in that community services sector and improving the lives of people".

"So, what we were particularly delighted about was our work is quite new, and there we were, sitting in the room with these amazing service providers and some organisations were being nominated for 30 years of work. We felt really privileged to be in that space and be getting that recognition from the industry.

"It was also very cool to be recognised so early in the work that we are doing as well, because we're only eight months into our program. I think that resonating made us feel really, really good. It's been a huge impact in a relatively short time."

Night Place manager Toby Tracy said the centre was averaging more than 40 children visiting each night, with one night seeing 97 visitors.

"We're still seeing the same sort of cohort that we see on a regular basis, but the numbers drop and spike depending on what's going on in town, whether there's funerals or certain activities or programs going on," he said.

"I think it's strong, and I think the word is spreading more and more about what the Night Place offers. I think that's going to be a steady number for the foreseeable future, unless there's any major changes.

"We're getting a lot of under 10s as well. So younger and younger kids are coming, which has its own challenges. We're seeing a really steady number of the same young people coming through, which is really good."

Ms Angel said the Night Place established a good model for other communities to consider.

"We've settled on a really good model. The model is grassroots. It's created by community for community, and it is working," she said.

"Our numbers are still steadily increasing. Eight months into our service delivery as well, we've got eight months' worth of work and data, we are seeing some really positive outcomes. There's a bump in the number of young people re-engaging in education. Our team have been able to have those conversations with kids, because we've built these really strong trusting relationships, to encourage them.

"Local police talk about the significant drop in youth crime, particularly around stolen cars as well. We've seen the impact of that in the community. And another thing that's been really great for our program is being able to offer local employment.

"We're really building on our local, Indigenous workforce, and particularly our young people. We've got some young people who come into the Night Place as participants, and because of their potential and their skill set, we've been able to provide them with work. So that's been a lovely sort of outcome as well that we hadn't originally considered when we got started."

Ms Angel expressed Marra Worra Worra's gratitude for the support the Night Place receives from Leedal Foundation, the WA Government, WA Police, and the Kimberley Juvenile Justice Strategy.