The RISE from Trauma Act would expand federal grant programs that help children, youth, and families cope with trauma and toxic stress. It authorizes $600 million a year from 2026 through 2033 for local "coordinating bodies" — partnerships of schools, hospitals, child-welfare agencies, law enforcement, and community groups — that plan and deliver trauma services in high-need communities, with individual grants capped at $6 million over four years. The measure reauthorizes the National Child Traumatic Stress Network at about $93.9 million a year and raises CDC trauma surveillance and data-collection funding from $2 million to $9 million a year through 2030. It adds $50 million a year to the National Health Service Corps for clinicians who serve schools and community settings, and $25 million a year to train infant and early-childhood mental health professionals. Other sections fund hospital-based programs to reduce repeat overdoses, suicide attempts, and violent injuries, train teachers in trauma-informed alternatives to suspensions and law-enforcement referrals, and create a Justice Department center ($8 million a year) to help police interact with children exposed to violence. States, tribes, hospitals, universities, and nonprofits would be the main recipients of the funding.
Average Household Impact
- Children's mental health workforce funding — $25M/yr authorized to train infant and early-childhood clinicians
- National Health Service Corps funding — $50M/yr added for school and community-based providers
- Trauma support in schools — Grant program reauthorized through fiscal year 2030
Transparency & Accountability
- CDC trauma surveillance funding — Raised from $2M to $9M per year for data collection
- Grant outcome evaluations — Secretary must assess health and justice outcomes of each funded project
Congressional Summary
Resilience Investment, Support, and Expansion from Trauma Act or the RISE from Trauma ActThis bill reauthorizes, establishes, and expands programs to support youth and families who have experienced, or may experience, trauma.The bill reauthorizesthe National Child Traumatic Stress Network through FY2030,school-based grants to increase access to trauma-support and mental health services through FY2030,public health data collection about adverse childhood experiences through FY2030, anda task force on trauma-informed care through FY2031.It also establishes grants formulti-sector demonstration projects to mitigate trauma and toxic stress;improving outcomes for hospital patients who experience drug overdoses, suicide attempts, or violent injury; andclinical training in infant and early childhood mental health.Additionally, the bill authorizes (1) federal agencies to use specified discretionary funds for pilot projects to address traumatic exposures among children, and (2) Department of Justice (DOJ) grants to prevent trauma in children by reducing their exposure to violence and trauma.Further, the Department of Health and Human Services must provide resources for training frontline service providers and certain community members about trauma, toxic stress, and resilience. In addition, DOJ must establish a national center to disseminate resources to law enforcement agencies to improve interactions with youth and families who are exposed to violence and trauma.The bill also incorporates trauma-informed practices in programs for health care professional education, health care access, and educators.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2025-12-11
- Date Added
- 2026-06-30
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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