Indigenous Health Workforce Traineeship Program is funded $11.5 million for 3 years to 30 June 2027 providing funding to approved National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation affiliate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Health organisations, and equivalent organisations in each state and territory to support wages and course facilitation costs for people to complete Certificate II to Diploma level qualifications while undertaking a traineeship with an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service. The First Nations Health Worker Traineeship program is administered by National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation through funding of up to $57 million to 31 December 2027 to support 500 new First Nations Aboriginal Health Workers and Health Practitioners to be trained to work in primary health care while building the capacity of Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Registered Training Organisations.
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