The purpose of the Farmer Mental Health Program Pilot Grant is to trial the integration of mental health coaching within the Rural Financial Counselling Service to improve mental wellbeing outcomes for farmers, their families and farm workers.
Key information
- Status: Not open for application
- Grant amount: $335,000
Program objective
The objective of the Farmer Mental Health Pilot Grant is to trial a mental wellbeing program that targets farmers in the North Coast region of NSW as an integrated service within the Rural Financial Counselling Service The outcomes achieved by this program include:
- Relieve stressors and improve the wellbeing of farm business owners, their staff and family
- Increase knowledge and skills of clients to better understand options available to improve wellness
- Help prevent further mental health issues for farm business owners, their staff and families
- Better prepare farm business owners to deal with risks and stressors
This program is funded and administered by Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development.
Grant recipients
Recipients for this program were selected to meet the program objectives.
Eligible recipients were invited to participate and were required to meet the objectives.