❓ The Mental Health Commission is addressing the lack of awareness of mental health services by funding online directories and increasing funding to non-profit service providers to improve their capacity to advertise.
AnsweredQoN 539Legislative Council
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I refer to Budget Paper No. 2, Volume 2 at page 537 "Appropriations, Expenses and Cash Assets", and noting that a frequent complaint is that people with mental health problems and their friends and family do not know what mental health services and support is available in the community or how to access the services or access information about what services and support is available, and I ask what steps is the Mental Health Commission taking to address this problem and what funding is being provided to Government and non-government mental health service providers to better advertise their services?
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Answered
5 December 2013
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health
Response time
35 days
The Mental Health Commission (the Commission) provided funding to the Western Australian Association for Mental Health (WAAMH) to develop and maintain an on-line directory of all Mental Health Services available throughout Western Australia. WAAMH's new website and on-line directory was recently launched at the sector forum held on 30 October 2013 and can be found at
http://waamh.org.au/Organisation/Index
.
In addition, the Commission in partnership with the Drug and Alcohol Office (DAO) agreed to fund fifty percent for the development of a joint service directory for the two sectors. The WA Network of Alcohol and Other Drug Agencies (WANADA) in partnership with WAAMH have been contracted for the delivery of this project. It is envisaged that this directory will take the form of updating WANADA's current 'Green Book' (a hard copy directory) as well as a free web application that can be accessed on line as well as through mobile phone applications.
As part of the 2011-12 State Budget, additional funding of $600 million over four years was allocated to provide a price increase averaging 25% to eligible contracts with the Not for Profit sector by 2014-15. This average of 25% increase has been applied to all the Commission's eligible Not for Profit service contracts. This increase to support long term sustainability of organisations will increase the capacity of the sector to better advertise their services.
http://waamh.org.au/Organisation/Index
.
In addition, the Commission in partnership with the Drug and Alcohol Office (DAO) agreed to fund fifty percent for the development of a joint service directory for the two sectors. The WA Network of Alcohol and Other Drug Agencies (WANADA) in partnership with WAAMH have been contracted for the delivery of this project. It is envisaged that this directory will take the form of updating WANADA's current 'Green Book' (a hard copy directory) as well as a free web application that can be accessed on line as well as through mobile phone applications.
As part of the 2011-12 State Budget, additional funding of $600 million over four years was allocated to provide a price increase averaging 25% to eligible contracts with the Not for Profit sector by 2014-15. This average of 25% increase has been applied to all the Commission's eligible Not for Profit service contracts. This increase to support long term sustainability of organisations will increase the capacity of the sector to better advertise their services.
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