❓ Hon Robin Chapple questions the Minister for Mental Health regarding state government funding for the Yiriman Project and Aboriginal youth mental health initiatives. The Minister outlines existing investments in Aboriginal mental health services and suicide prevention strategies.
AnsweredQoN 71Legislative Council
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YIRIMAN PROJECT
71. Hon ROBIN CHAPPLE to the Minister for
Mental Health:
(1) Does the state government
provide any funding to the Yiriman project?
(2) If so, how much?
(3) What other
funding does the state government invest in Aboriginal youth mental health?
(4) The federal
government recently invested $1 million in the critical response project. Will
the minister please outline the state government's contribution to or
involvement in this area of Aboriginal health?
71. Hon ROBIN CHAPPLE to the Minister for
Mental Health:
(1) Does the state government
provide any funding to the Yiriman project?
(2) If so, how much?
(3) What other
funding does the state government invest in Aboriginal youth mental health?
(4) The federal
government recently invested $1 million in the critical response project. Will
the minister please outline the state government's contribution to or
involvement in this area of Aboriginal health?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice
of the question.
(1) No Mental
Health Commission funding is provided to the Yiriman Project. However, I
understand that significant funds are provided for it from the federal
government. I think we have had this conversation many times over the years.
(2) Not applicable.
(3) The state
government, through the Mental Health Commission, is investing $29.1 million
over three years until 30 June 2017 for the continuation of the statewide
specialist Aboriginal mental health services project. This important service,
which focuses on ensuring access to mainstream mental health services for
people from an Aboriginal background, includes service provision for the 16 to
24-year-old youth cohort. As part of the WA Footprints to Better Health strategy,
in 2015–16 the WA Country Health Service Aboriginal Health Improvement
Unit purchased 11 programs targeting Aboriginal youth mental health programs—social
and emotional wellbeing outcome—with a total value of $3 184 143, in
the goldfields, Kimberley, Pilbara and wheatbelt.
(4) In May 2015,
the state government committed $25.9 million to the new suicide prevention
strategy, Suicide Prevention 2020, which has a significant focus on programs
aimed at reducing the number of suicides in Aboriginal communities. The Mental
Health Commission has been working with the commonwealth-funded critical
response project team to ensure that the project complements and informs the
actions identified in the Western Australia suicide prevention strategy.
of the question.
(1) No Mental
Health Commission funding is provided to the Yiriman Project. However, I
understand that significant funds are provided for it from the federal
government. I think we have had this conversation many times over the years.
(2) Not applicable.
(3) The state
government, through the Mental Health Commission, is investing $29.1 million
over three years until 30 June 2017 for the continuation of the statewide
specialist Aboriginal mental health services project. This important service,
which focuses on ensuring access to mainstream mental health services for
people from an Aboriginal background, includes service provision for the 16 to
24-year-old youth cohort. As part of the WA Footprints to Better Health strategy,
in 2015–16 the WA Country Health Service Aboriginal Health Improvement
Unit purchased 11 programs targeting Aboriginal youth mental health programs—social
and emotional wellbeing outcome—with a total value of $3 184 143, in
the goldfields, Kimberley, Pilbara and wheatbelt.
(4) In May 2015,
the state government committed $25.9 million to the new suicide prevention
strategy, Suicide Prevention 2020, which has a significant focus on programs
aimed at reducing the number of suicides in Aboriginal communities. The Mental
Health Commission has been working with the commonwealth-funded critical
response project team to ensure that the project complements and informs the
actions identified in the Western Australia suicide prevention strategy.
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