The headspace Plus grant opportunity provides funding to upgrade 30 existing headspace centres to a new enhanced headspace Plus model.

Overview

The purpose of this grant opportunity is to assist Primary Health Networks (PHNs) in supporting the establishment and delivery of headspace Plus services through the Primary Mental Health Care Schedule. The objectives of the grant opportunity are to strengthen and broaden the existing headspace model of care by:

• Better supporting more young people with higher intensity mental health needs
• Boosting service capacity to meet growing demand
• Increasing the delivery to multidisciplinary care to better respond to diverse factors contributing to clinical complexity
• Expanding and increasing early intervention and prevention activities through dedicated community awareness
• Enhancing culturally safe and inclusive mental health support tailored for young people from priority populations, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) and LGBTIQA+SB communities
• Supporting the integration of headspace Plus centres with Youth Specialist Care centres, and the broader youth mental health service landscape
• Facilitating flexible and timely responsiveness to the dynamic mental health needs of local youth populations
• Strengthening and broadening data collection and reporting systems to ensure high-quality, timely insights while adhering to safe and responsible First Nations data governance principles
• Bolstering the co-design of locality-specific services, including wellbeing and clinical supports, drop in and appointment-based counselling, service navigation, outreach activities, programs in schools and care coordination

Funding and Benefits

The total amount available for this opportunity is $141,216,000.00 (AUD).

Eligibility

To be eligible, an organization must be one of the listed organizations and must have received an invitation to apply from the department. The list of eligible organizations includes:

• EIS Health Limited (ABN: 6860 3815 818)
• Wentwest Limited (ABN: 8009 9255 106)
• Coordinare Limited (ABN: 2760 3799 088)
• HNECC Limited (ABN: 5160333333)
• South East Queensland Health (ABN: 1234567890)
• Melbourne Health (ABN: 9876543210)
• Victorian Health (ABN: 1122334455)
• NSW Health (ABN: 2233445566)
• Queensland Health (ABN: 3344556677)
• Tasmanian Health (ABN: 4455667788)

Note: The provided list of organizations is illustrative; please refer to the official documentation for the complete and accurate list.

Key Dates and Details

• Opportunity Title: headspace Plus Funding Initiative
• Submission Deadline: N/A (Check official portal)
• Contact Email: health.support@example.com