It is believed the budget will provide funding to keep the family-support drought response teams initiative operating for another year.

It follows a report on the program that found families in drought-affected communities continue to suffer "tremendous financial and emotional stress", with a 50 per cent increase in the number of people that are seeking counselling.

The funding means 25 teams of social workers, psychologists, community welfare and youth sector workers will continue to operate, providing counselling and early intervention in drought-affected areas.

It follows concerns raised in The Sunday Age about the loss of funding for counselling services in these regions.

The funding will also provide counselling services for people leaving drought-affected farms and for bushfire and flood-affected families.

Victoria, which has large areas still deemed drought-affected, will get $1.85 million of the funds, with seven teams operating across the state.

Last financial year the program provided counselling to about 3423 formally registered clients and about 6750 unregistered people, up from 2180 registered and 2120 unregistered clients the previous year.

It is believed the program will also focus on families in crisis where drug and alcohol abuse, family violence and mental illness are affecting families.