First Nations young people in the remote communities of Mutitjulu and Yulara in the Northern Territory are benefiting from access to free mental health support through headspace's cultural outreach service.
The service will receive an additional $504,385 through the headspace Demand Management and Enhancement Program for infrastructure upgrades.
Today Assistant Minister McBride visited Mutitjulu and met with staff and young people who attend the headspace outreach service.
This innovative program supports First Nations young people needing social and emotional wellbeing support to get local, culturally appropriate services when and where they need it.
The program provides support from a headspace Mental Health Clinician and headspace Aboriginal Youth Workers and offer supports that have been co-designed together with community.
The Albanese Labor Government is investing more than $290 million into headspace. There are currently 172 headspace services open with a commitment to grow to 203.
As part of the $1.1 billion mental health election commitment, over $200 million will be invested in 58 new or expanded headspace services. This includes 2 new remote centres and 20 outreach services in rural and remote communities.
Currently, along with the Mutitjulu and Yulara service, headspace has First Nations led services in Alice Springs, Broome, Mt Isa, Kununurra, and the Brisbane North service which is due to open in the coming months.
The Mutitjulu and Yulara headspace outreach service is funded by the Albanese Labor Government, through the Northern Territory Primary Health Network, operated by Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, an Aboriginal Community-Controlled Health Service.
