Mental Health and Substance Use Comorbidity Grants Program

Building on the 'Can Do' Grants Program

The Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing has provided $2,000,000.00 to support general practice networks in building awareness, skills, and linkages between primary care, mental health and drug and alcohol sectors to improve the services for people with mental health and substance use comorbidities.

The Building on 'Can Do' Grants applications closed on 13 March 2009. AGPN and the Advisory and Assessment Panel notified all ‘successful’ grant applicants on 3 May 2009 and contracts were finalised on 30 June 2009.  Thirty two (32) grant applications were awarded and the projects were:


ACT Division of General Practice
Adelaide Western General Practice Network
Albury Wodonga Regional General Practice Network
Brisbane South Division of General Practice Association Inc
Canning Division of General Practice
Central Sydney GP Network Ltd
Central West Gippsland Division of General Practice
General Practice Alliance - South Gippsland Ltd
General Practice Network NT
General Practice South
Great Southern GP Network Ltd
Illawarra Division of General Practice
Knox Division of General Practice
Mid North Coast (NSW) Division of General Practice
Mid North Division of Rural Medicine
Moreton Bay General Practice Network
Northern Division of General Practice
NSW Central West Division of General Practice
PivotWest Limited
Rhealth
Riverina Division of General Practice and Primary Health Ltd
SouthEast Primary HealthCare Network
South East Alliance of General Practice (Brisbane) Ltd
Sunshine Coast Division of General Practice Ltd
Sutherland Division of General Practice
Townsville General Practice Network

Funding for grant will cover the period until 30 May 2010.

A Comorbidity Coordinator's Network has been established to assist in the grants process and to support divisions in implementing their projects.  AGPN and each SBO has a comorbidity coordinator to work with, and improve the linkages between the primary care, mental health and drug and alcohol sectors.

For more information about the grants Program or the Comorbidity Coordinators' Network please contact Joy Thomas on 02 6228 0838 or jthomas@agpn.com.au.


Below you will find links to:

Information Sheet

Improved Services for People with Drug and Alcohol Problems and Mental Illness

Location of Improved services measure grants

'Can Do' Education and Training information sheet