IPMHA grants

This infographic summarises the Integrated Primary Mental Health and Addiction (IPMHA) professional development grants funded 2026.

IPMHA professional development grants are specifically for people working in roles as part of the integrated primary mental health and addiction (IPMHA) programme, employed as health improvement practitioners (HIPs), health coaches, or support workers in primary care and community settings.

The grants will help cover the costs for people in existing IPMHA roles to take part in learning activities that develop professional knowledge and skills, enhancing their role in delivering IPMHA services.

Priorities for the 2026 grants were learning activities that:

• enhance practice to better provide services for Māori and Pacific people
• build an understanding of addiction related challenges to support individuals, whānau and communities affected by addiction challenges
• align with the values, attitudes and Real Skills of Keeping it Real | Kia Pono te Tika.

The 2025 IPMHA professional development grant was made available to IPMHA workers employed as HIPs, health coaches, or support workers in primary care and community settings. The grant contributed towards learning activities that support grant recipients to grow their knowledge and skills to better support Māori and Pacific peoples, and align their practice with the values, attitudes and Real Skills of Keeping it Real | Kia Pono Te Tika. This report summarises insights from 18 (85%) out of the 21 grant recipients who have completed their learning activity and submitted a final report.

The 2025 grant prioritised learning activities that:

• sought to increase knowledge and skills to better provide services for Māori and Pacific peoples
• are aligned to the values, attitudes and Real Skills as described in Let’s get real (now Keeping it Real |Kia Pono Te Tika).