Last month Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Member for Gippsland, Darren Chester announced that Stage 3 at GRCH came a step closer to fruition with a Commonwealth grant of $900,000 towards the $2.1m project.
This means that the building project is now fully funded with a $600,000 contribution from the Latrobe Regional Hospital, $80,000 from the Blue Ribbon Foundation and the balance from GRCH accumulated funds.
Once the grant has been executed with the Commonwealth, the project will be formally launched with the completion expected to be in mid-2019. This helps to meet the expected increase in demand of affordable and secure accommodation now that increased regional health services are being offered by LRH.
GRCH has already obtained a planning permit for the project from Latrobe City, and are closely working with preferred builder Kingbuilt, to finalise the detailed design and building plans. After gaining the building permit, and negotiating a satisfactory commercial contract with Kingbuilt, it is anticipated that site works will commence in early July 2018.
The completion of this project will result in GRCH being able to offer 30 very generous and comfortable family units as well as other supporting infrastructure, making the facility truly a "Home Away from Home."