The Victorian Government invested $7.3 million to deliver a Statewide Child and Family Centre in Melbourne’s north.
The Victorian-first centre will improve access to mental health services for children up to 11 years of age, in a safe and supportive residential setting.
The new 12-bed centre will allow children and their families to stay onsite while they receive flexible, family-centred therapy and support from child and family mental health specialists. The centre will be staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
It will provide therapy for children and families who have experienced negative or traumatic events and continue to have challenges with relationships and connections.
This investment builds on the work of the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System’s 74 recommendations to transform mental health support and care to make it accessible, flexible and responsive.