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Children of Parents with Mental Illness WA (COPMI)

What is COPMI WA?

The Children of Parents with a Mental Illness (COPMI) WA is a collaborative interagency systemic change project that aims to improve the health and wellbeing of children with a parent with a mental illness.


The WA COPMI has been overseen by a State-wide Advisory Committee with representation from State and Commonwealth government, non-government and community stakeholders. The Committee focused on facilitating processes between agencies and departments to implement the Office of Mental Health 2002 "Pathways to Resilience - Children of Parents with Mental Illness Project Report".

Ruah Inreach has been a key partner in the project contributing to the specialised area of Children of Parents with Mental Illness (COPMI) since January 2002 with funding via the Commonwealth Department of Families and Community Services' Mental Health Division, the WA Department of Community Development and Lotterywest..

Ruah was first involved in a three year demonstration direct service for families with children under 10 and a parent experiencing a mental illness in the Armadale region; followed by a key facilitation and coordinating role in a State-wide systemic change project; and currently in two grassroots partnership pprojects:  Family to Family and Early Years.

What is Ruah's role in the COPMI project?

Ruah's key roles have been:

  1. Training module development and the provision of other training and resource back-up for workforce development in the COPMI area.

    For more information see Workforce Development Training.

  2. Development and direct provision of workshops to families with a parent who experiences mental illness.

    For more information see Family to Family Partnership Project.

  3. Resourcing and supporting three project workers in pilot sites of Armadale, Clarkson and Albany.

  4. Community development, capacity building and networking activities to support the objectives of the COPMI project.

    For more information see Early Years Partnership Project.

  5. Conducting action research processes throughout the life of the project.

  6. Lead agency in a number of grassroots partnership projects.

  7. In-house service capacity building for Ruah Inreach Mental Health Services which has included:
    • Workforce development
    • Service policy development
    • Trial of Specialist Family Worker

Contact Us

Senior Project Worker
Carol Clark
Pager: 08 9480 5500
Fax: 08 9443 9015
PO Box 584, Mt Hawthorn, 6915
Email: carolclark@ruah.com.au