The 2026-27 WA State Budget has been handed down by the Treasurer and will deliver $1.77 billion to mental health and alcohol and other drug services.

Key initiatives for mental health and alcohol and other drugs include:

• $15.44 million to establish a coordinated, community-based mental health crisis response service
• $16.56 million to open 25 mental health beds at Joondalup Health Campus
• $52.32 million to continue the Active Recovery Team Program
• $43.24 million to continue the Ambulance Mental Health Co-Response initiative
• $16 million for the continuation of the Infant, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Hub in Bunbury
• $1.36 million invested for continued access to perinatal mental health support in the South West
• $6.61 million to operate mental health beds for children and adolescents across two locations while refurbishments are carried out
• $48.64 million towards the continuation of the Social and Emotional Wellbeing services, supporting and improving the wellbeing of Aboriginal people
• $8.83 million to support the statewide expansion of Crisis Connect to help ensure mental health crisis support is available to children living in rural and remote Western Australia
• $29.73 million to reduce and prevent suicide in Western Australia which includes:
  • $12.9 million to ensure the sustainability for existing suicide prevention services;
  • $7.2 million for the continuation of short-term, non-medical residential crisis support services for young people experiencing suicidal distress;
  • $4.9 million for longer-term support for children and young people in the South West bereaved by suicide; and
  • $4.8 million for programs addressing regional community need through the expansion of the suicide prevention workforce
• $5.23 million to address family and domestic violence which includes: -
  • $3.5 million to continue the Family Violence Perpetrator Intervention Pilot Program;
  • $1.36 million investment to continue the Model for Violence Prevention Pilot;
  • $370,000 to implement initiatives across mental health and alcohol and other drug sectors to help build safe and inclusive communities.

The State Government is also investing $43.78 million to help ensure the ongoing sustainability of a range of mental health and alcohol and other drug programs and services.

The funding aligns with the Western Australian Mental Health and Alcohol and Other Drugs Strategy 2026-2031.

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