Mental Health Disaster Recovery Package - 2025 North and Far North Tropical Low

About

The $9.7 million Mental Health Disaster Recovery Package, established following the 2025 North and Far North Tropical Low, provides individual and family therapeutic interventions across the continuum of care for people that have been directly impacted by the event, mitigating mental health impacts by ensuring:

• affected community members have the knowledge, skills and resources to assist in their psychological recovery from the disaster impacts
• affected community members can access a range of psychological support and mental health services appropriate to their needs delivered in a timely way
• communities develop and sustain the disaster mental health supports and services needed
• community members and community-based organisations can participate in resilience-based activities to foster better psychological preparedness for future disaster events.
   

Eligibility

Eligible council areas include:

• Burdekin Shire Council
• Charters Towers Regional Council
• Cook Shire Council
• Flinders Shire Council
• Hinchinbrook Shire Council
• Palm Island Aboriginal Shire Council
• Townsville City Council
• Whitsunday Regional Council
• Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire Council
   

Administering agency

Queensland Reconstruction Authority (QRA).

Delivery agency

Queensland Health.

Status

In delivery

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