Moving through the 2026/27 Financial Year, Keedac is expanding our programs, after a successful past financial year. It was a year in which Latoya Bolton made a good impact in improving our management and services as interim Executive Manager. With her leaving us, Lauressa Bolton has been promoted to a joint role as Executive Manager, Northam, while continuing as Team Leader for the IFSS program, which in turn is being expanded as we recruit more staff.
Funding from government agencies for 2026/27 continues at a similar level to previous which means we’ve been able to establish a full suite of client support services.
Variously, our staff have qualifications of Cert IV Mental Health, or Cert III Community Support.
Programs being run by Keedac this year include:
CPS/WAPHA offering mental health and counselling support
Empower Together, the family & domestic violence reduction program. This was due to end in June 2026, but we have successfully negotiated with the Department to extend it to June 2027, enabling us to continue and improve on the mental health assistance that we can give to youths.
Northam Mens Behavior Program in Northam, in conjunction with Communicare.
IFSS, funded by the Department of Communities. This is being run from our Northam office. We commenced the program in our own right in 2025, after having been involved in the program as a contractor to a third-party previously. The program is now up and running, and providing successful support to families in our region.
Keedac is always looking at ways to improve our qualifications and standards. In 2026/27, our major initiative is work to achieve accreditation under the National Safety and Quality Mental Health Standards for Community Managed Organisations (NSQMHCMO). This is now a compulsory requirement for any program involving mental health support, such as CPS and any program run by the Mental Health Commission.
This is a major task, involving a complete overhaul of our policies and procedures, including a comprehensive training program involving our Board, administration team and support staff. We are expanding on our co-design initiatives to involve clients and the community in giving feedback on these, so that we can better improve our services.