(1) For the years 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19, how much funding was allocated by the Mental Health Commission for COPMI (Children of Parents with a Mental Illness) support, initiatives or pr

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9 October 2018
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(1) For the years 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19, how much funding was allocated by the Mental Health Commission for COPMI (Children of Parents with a Mental Illness) support, initiatives or projects? (2) What organisation(s) received the funding and what support, initiatives or projects were facilitated, if any?

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Answered
20 November 2018
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Minister for Mental Health
Response time
12 days
I am advised that:
(1) From FY2015/16 to FY2018/19, the Mental Health Commission provided funding of $12,115,949 (GST exclusive) to organisations for the provision of a range of family and carer support services which includes specific initiatives and projects for Children of Parents with a Mental Illness (COPMI).
(2) The organisations that received this funding are Wanslea Family Services Incorporated (Wanslea), HelpingMinds and Ruah Community Services (Ruah). Detailed below are the COPMI support services provided by each organisation:
Through Ruah’s Perspectives on Children, Families, and Mental Health Resource Unit, Ruah provides education and training for professionals and families about parental mental illness and children of parents with a mental illness. The program’s primary focus is to enable workers and services to support parents in their parenting role and children of parent with mental illness.

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