The National Suicide Prevention Leadership and Support Program (NSPLSP) funds a range of activities aimed at reducing suicide deaths and suicidal behaviour across the Australian population, particularly among at-risk groups. These groups include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, men, LGBTIQA+ people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, regional and remote communities, veterans, and young people.

The NSPLSP has been operating since 2017 and has been repeatedly extended and expanded and now funds 31 organisations across Australia to deliver 40 suicide prevention projects.

The department engaged AHA to evaluate:

• the funded projects’ collective success at meeting their expected outcomes
• the appropriateness and efficiency of the design and delivery of the NSPLSP.

The evaluation commenced in May 2023 and concluded in September 2025. Over this time, we:

• conducted annual interviews with all the organisations funded to deliver NSPLSP projects
• extracted NSPLSP minimum dataset data on the outputs of the funded projects
• collected additional program data such as funding agreements, activity work plans, progress reports, and local evaluation reports
• reviewed grey and peer-reviewed literature on the context in which NSPLSP activities were being delivered
• consulted with sector stakeholders such as Primary Health Networks; federal, state and territory governments; the National Suicide Prevention Office; the Aboriginal community-controlled sector; and educational institutions.