Youth Mental Health: headspace Demand Management and Enhancement Program

Overview

This grant opportunity will contribute to the achievement of the Department of Health and Aged Care’s (the department) Portfolio Budget Statement Outcome 1: Health Policy, Access and Support. Specifically, this grant opportunity will contribute to the Australian Government’s implementation of mental health reforms. Under Program 1.2: Mental Health, the department is committed to supporting Australians with, or at risk of, mental illness by improving service integration for a more effective and efficient mental health system. There are three funding streams available under this grant opportunity: Stream 1 - Wait Time Reduction: the purpose of this stream is to address demand and wait list management at headspace services identified as highest need. Stream 2 – Building Cultural Capability: the purpose of this stream is to build the cultural capability of headspace services. Building cultural capability will help to improve access and provide better support for young people from priority groups including but not limited to those from First Nations, LGBTIQA+ and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities. Stream 3 - Capital Enhancement and Infrastructure: the purpose of this stream is to enhance the quality of service, improve access to services and support headspace services by appropriately accommodating current and future staffing needs at headspace sites identified as highest need. To view the grant opportunity documents, please select the red "Grant Opportunity Documents" button on the left-hand side.