Perinatal Mental Health and Wellbeing Program - Continuing Support

Overview

The purpose of this grant opportunity is to extend funding to those organisations currently receiving funding for perinatal mental health and wellbeing activities, to maintain service delivery and continue to meet the outcomes and objectives of the Perinatal Mental Health and Wellbeing Program. The objectives of this grant opportunity are to: continue to deliver national telephone-based and online support services for parents and families experiencing or at risk of perinatal mental illness; continue to deliver national peer support services for parents and families experiencing distress after miscarriage, stillbirth or infant death to prevent the development of mental illness; maintain appropriate service delivery capacity to accept referrals from the national Pregnancy, Birth and Baby Helpline; maintain appropriate service delivery capacity to accept referrals from the national Pregnancy, Birth and Baby Helpline; and continue to deliver online information resources, self-help treatments and psychoeducational tools for parents and families experiencing or at risk of perinatal mental illness. The intended outcomes of the grant opportunity are: ongoing access to existing national perinatal mental health and wellbeing support services; improved health outcomes for expectant and new parents experiencing, or at risk of perinatal mental health issues; and improved mental health outcomes for parents and families experiencing distress after birth trauma, miscarriage, stillbirth or infant death. To view the grant opportunity documents, please select the red "GO Documents" button on the left hand side.