Bill > HR7784

This bill amends the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act to improve trauma support services and mental health care for children and youth in educational settings. The key provisions of the bill include: 1. Authorizing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to eligible entities (such as state/local educational agencies, tribal educational agencies, the Bureau of Indian Education, etc.) to increase student, teacher, and school personnel access to evidence-based trauma support services and mental health services. 2. Allowing the funds to be used for initiatives like enhancing collaboration between schools and community mental health/trauma-informed service providers, implementing trauma-informed models of support, providing professional development on trauma-informed practices, and engaging families and communities on child/youth trauma. 3. Requiring eligible entities to establish local interagency agreements to coordinate the provision of services under the funded initiatives. 4. Mandating an independent evaluation of the initiatives and dissemination of evidence-based practices. 5. Authorizing $50 million per fiscal year from 2023 to 2027 to carry out the provisions of the bill.

Education

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7784/all-info