The funding will be used to employ a mental health and wellbeing leader at 1800 government and low-fee non-government primary schools by 2026. |MartaPascual3
The Victorian government will pour $200 million into expanding mental health services at 1800 government and low-fee non-government primary schools across the state as part of a push to tackle mental illness among young students.
He said the mental health and wellbeing leaders would be teaching-trained staff and receive support and guidance from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and the University of Melbourne. Under the legislation, a new advisory body called Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Victoria will be created with the power to commission specialist services for mental health.
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