The purpose of the Disaster Response and Recovery - An integrated model of care for NSW Mental Health Programs is to provide guidance to local health districts (LHDs) in designing local mental health and wellbeing responses that are evidence-based and delivered across the phases of disaster: prevention and preparedness, response and recovery.The document outlines the principles to support LHDs to design and deliver coordinated mental health recovery support through three disaster response mental health programs: Disaster Recovery Clinicians (DRCs), Rural Adversity Mental Health Program (RAMHP) and Farm Gate Counsellors and Rural Peer Support Worker Program (Farm Gate).