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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Sarah Lansdown

'It hardly costs anything': Life-saving youth mental health program to lose funding

Dr Dean Buckmaster, centre, with the WOKE program team Emily McIntyre, Cameron Moss, Anna Brichacek, Amelia Ishikawa, Camilla Mead and Cragh Palmer. Picture by Karleen Minney

An early intervention program that has saved the lives of young people with complex mental health concerns will come to an end in June when government funding runs out.

The WOKE program, run by psychology masters students at the University of Canberra, has 73 clients on the waitlist but will be forced to close without $300,000 per year in funding.

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