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 North and Far North Tropical Low, 29 January – 28 February 2025, 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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