The Regional alcohol and drug residential rehabilitation services - Stage 3 project aims to achieve the following benefits:
Increasing capacity in regional Victoria
The Victorian Government’s investment in residential rehabilitation beds in Victoria will provide around 900 more Victorians with access to residential rehabilitation services every year – more than half of these will be based in regional Victoria.
Relieving pressure on the system
New residential rehabilitation beds will provide a significant boost to meet demand, relieve pressures on other parts of the alcohol and other drug system and reduce impacts on local communities.
Support closer to home
Currently, there are no existing state funded facilities in key regional areas, meaning local residents have to travel to Bendigo or metropolitan Melbourne to access this treatment. These new facilities will mean more people in regional communities can get access to the right treatment, sooner and closer to home.