A vital youth mental health service will shut its doors next month with the immediate loss of support to 140 young people because its original grant was time-limited and state and federal governments have not stepped forward with funds | ViscountBrooky
A vital youth mental health service will shut its doors next month with the immediate loss of support to 140 young people because its original grant was time-limited and state and federal governments have not stepped forward with funds to keep it going.
The hub’s lead agency, Inspiro, has requested further funding of $3.5 million over three years, or to access $600,000 in funds which were unspent due to COVID lockdowns. Sue Sestan, chief executive at Inspiro, said the centre provided a wrap-around service for young people that could not be easily replaced by other services.“Sometimes young people don’t seem to know what they need until there’s an incidental conversation,” she said.
Yarra Ranges mayor Jim Child wrote to Federal Health Minister Mark Butler and said the hub was “the only service of its kind that is accessible and available to young people in the Yarra Ranges. It provides a wrap-around service that fills critical health and wellbeing gaps within the municipality”. “The time-limited funding that was provided to support this three-year program was originally to June 30, 2022. In recognition of the late 2021 COVID lockdown in Melbourne, this was extended to the end of the year.”
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