Submissions open for $20 million in mental healthcare facility upgrades

Submissions for the Mental Health and Alcohol and Other Drugs Facility Renewal Fund are now open.

Eligible mental healthcare and alcohol and drug services can apply to share in $20 million in grant funding to upgrade vital infrastructure, equipment and fittings.

Grants are available for construction, remodelling, and refurbishment projects. This year’s funding also offers equipment upgrades including:

• furniture and fittings
• medical equipment
• engineering infrastructure
• information and communications technology.

Making an application

Grants are available to eligible Victorian public mental health and alcohol and other drug services. Find out more information about how to apply and grant program guidelines via the Mental Health and Alcohol and Other Drugs Facilities Renewal Fund page.

Submissions close at 5.00 pm on Monday, 19 July 2021.

Learn more

Improving Victoria’s mental health

The program is part of the Victorian Government’s commitment to improve access to mental healthcare and alcohol and drug services. It ensures mental healthcare services continue to provide safe and therapeutic environments for Victorians on their recovery journey.

Since 2016 more than 100 infrastructure and improvement projects have been funded. These upgrades are in response to the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System. They are designed to reform, modernise, and build service capacity, and provide better models of care for people experiencing mental ill health.

Find out more about our mental health projects.