OPEN TENDER: State of Multicultural Mental Health in Australia

Mental Health Australia is seeking a partner for the delivery of a report on the state of multicultural mental health in Australia.

In May 2023, the Commonwealth Government announced a funding allocation through Embrace Multicultural Mental Health Project (Embrace Project) for the delivery of a report on the State of Mental Health for Multicultural Australia. 

The current state of mental health in multicultural Australia is relatively unknown. Due to the absence of contemporary academic literature and formal reports on the topic, it is largely reliant upon anecdotal reports. The report on the State of Mental Health in Multicultural Australia will help to address this gap.

The report will be a critical informant for policy, research, and service development, providing a suite of recommendations to enhance government and sector capacity and capability to adopt best practice approaches to support the mental health of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities. This report is a 10-year follow-up to the 2013 Mental Health in Multicultural Australia Report conducted by Associate Professor Harry Minas for the Embrace Project (then known as Mental Health in Multicultural Australia) and the National Mental Health Commission.   

The report will align with the Australian Government’s commitment to improving mental health supports for priority population groups, including multicultural communities and improving access and equity for people seeking mental health services. This report aims to improve sector understanding and support and inform future mental health policy development, service design and implementation, research, and related initiatives for multicultural communities in Australia.  

This is an open tender process; all submissions must be received no later than 5:00pm (AEST) on 26 August 2024.

For more information of this opportunity please see the documents below. 

Timeline

For any queries, please email multicultural@mhaustralia.org before 22 August 2024, 12:00pm AEST.

The Embrace team will acknowledge receipt of your question within two working days, and we will respond to emailed questions within three working days. De-identified questions and answers will be published on this webpage.