Youth prevention and recovery care centre expansion and upgrade program
The Victorian Government is investing $141 million to deliver new and refurbished youth prevention and recovery care (YPARC) centres across the state.
YPARC services provide treatment, care and support to young people aged 16-25 who are experiencing mental health challenges and/or psychological distress. The investment will deliver five new 10-bed facilities – doubling current system capacity.
The new centres will be in:
The program is also upgrading existing YPARC centres in Bendigo, Dandenong and Frankston.
Designs for the new and upgraded centres draw on the insights and experiences of clinicians, carers and young people with lived experience of mental health challenges and/or psychological distress.