Primary Health Networks (PHN) program - Mental Health Supports for Bushfire Affected Australians

Overview

The PHN Mental Health Supports for Bushfire Affected Australians grant opportunity provides funding to nine specified PHNs to enable provision of mental health support for individuals, families and communities, including first responders, who have been impacted by the recent bushfire emergency.  The intended outcomes of the grant opportunity are to: Decrease mental distress in people living in bushfire impacted communities  Improve mental health and wellbeing of people affected by bushfires. Funding will be provided to nine PHNs to continue to deliver on the program objective and commission services within the boundaries of each PHN. This activity is for PHNs to continue to commission immediate frontline emergency distress and trauma counselling for those who are located in affected communities during the bushfires. Up to 10 counselling sessions will be provided to individuals or families impacted by the bushfires.  To view the grant opportunity documents, please select the red "GO Documents" button on the left hand side.