Mental Health Ad Hoc Grants

Mental Health Ad Hoc Grants is a funding program from NSW Health that supports non-government organisations delivering community-based mental health services in New South Wales. The program partners with the non-government sector to support health and wellbeing, particularly for vulnerable or hard-to-reach populations. Funded activities include peer workforce training, recovery-oriented services, and community mental health programs.

NSW Health typically invites eligible recipients to participate based on program objectives rather than conducting open competitive rounds. Awards of up to $50,000 are available to eligible nonprofit organisations and community groups in NSW. Organisations should contact NSW Health or the Mental Health Coordinating Council for information on current funding availability.

Mental Health Program Ad Hoc Grants | NSW Government Mental Health Program Ad Hoc Grants The Mental Health Program Grants are funded and administered by NSW Health, which is committed to partnering with the non-government sector to deliver community-based mental health services that support the health and wellbeing of the public.

Status: Not open for application Grant amount: From $560,000 The Mental Health Program Grants are funded through NSW Health, which is committed to partnering with the non-government sector to deliver community-based mental health services that support the health and wellbeing of the public, especially vulnerable or hard to reach populations. This program is funded and administered by NSW Health.

Recipients for this program were selected to meet the program objectives. Eligible recipients were invited to participate and were required to meet the objectives. Mental Health Coordinating Council NSW Peer Workforce Training Program Approved for Mental Health Coordinating Council The Mental Health Coordinating Council deliver nationally accredited training including the Certificate IV Mental Health Peer Work and Peer Navigation Unit.

This grant aims to increase the number of peer workers in New South Wales who are qualified against nationally accredited training by providing access to free-free training.

Minister for Mental Health Date approved March 2025 Location of the project All Location of the recipient Mental Health Program Ad Hoc Grants Agency funding this grant Mental Health Co-ordinating Council Limited Learning and Development Unit Approved for Mental Health Co-ordinating Council Limited The Mental Health Coordinating Council (MHCC) Learning Development Unit (LDU) aims to add value to the mental health sector by delivering quality training.

The MHCC is committed to improving outcomes for people with mental health conditions, through relevant training offers. To achieve this MHCC LDU provides the most up-to-date training in recovery-oriented and trauma-informed practice approaches to the community mental health sector and beyond.

Minister for Health Date approved July 2023 Location of the project All Location of the recipient Mental Health Program Ad Hoc Grants Agency funding this grant Forensic Reintegration Program Approved for One Door Mental health One Door Mental Health provides supervised day leave for up to 14-16 forensic patients in the Kestrel Unit at Morisset Hospital who do not have family members or carers that are able to or willing to provide this supervision.

The Program enables reintegration of forensic patients into the community by preparing them for independent, self-managed living in the community.

Minister for Health Date approved July 2023 Location of the project All Location of the recipient Mental Health Program Ad Hoc Grants Agency funding this grant Project Air (PA) Strategy for Personality Disorders Approved for University Of Wollongong Project Air (PA) Strategy for Personality Disorders agreement was extended from July 2022 to June 2027.

The current cycle of funding will support: - Continuation of Gold Card Clinic brief intervention models across NSW Local Health Districts and education and support from the Project Air team at Wollongong University - Development and pilot implementation of PA’s virtual model of care - Incorporation of additional activities for Project Air for School with co-funded by Perinatal, Child & Youth(PCY) and NSW Department of Education (DoE) $6,564,038 was approved by Minister for Health Date approved June 2022 Location of the project All Location of the recipient Mental Health Program Ad Hoc Grants Agency funding this grant 2.

5 years (Jan 2015 to June 2017) + 5 years extension (2017/18 to 2021/22); New contract for 5 years (2022/23-2026/27) Department of Developmental Disability Neuropsychiatry, Univeristy of NSW Chair in Intellectual Disability Mental Health Approved for Department of Developmental Disability Neuropsychiatry, Univeristy of NSW Develop and support the Ministry of Health, Local Health Districts and Specialty Health Networks (Districts and Networks) to implement a recovery-oriented model of care for the provision of public mental health services to people with an intellectual disability that: (a) builds the capacity of mainstream community and inpatient mental health services to meet the mental health needs of people with intellectual disabilities; (b) increases specialist capacity of NSW Health mental health services to meet the needs of people with intellectual disability and complex experiences of mental illness; and (c) facilitates joint planning by disability services, mental health and other relevant services, including in relation to referral and treatment pathways and collaborative responses where intellectual disability and mental disorders coexist.

$3,675,000 was approved by Minister for Health Date approved July 2020 Location of the project All Location of the recipient Mental Health Program Ad Hoc Grants Agency funding this grant Seven years with invoices submitted twice annually Ministry of Health Mental Health Branch Email: MOH-MentalHealthBranch@health. nsw. gov.au