RISE from Trauma Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3180 To improve the identification and support of children and families who experience trauma. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 10, 2019 Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois (for himself and Mr. GALLAGHER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris- diction of the committee concerned A BILL To improve the identification and support of children and families who experience trauma. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Resilience Investment, 4 Support, and Expansion from Trauma Act’’ or the ‘‘RISE 5 from Trauma Act’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:33 Jun 13, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3180.IH H3180 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3180 IH TITLE I—COMMUNITY 1 PROGRAMMING 2 SEC. 101. TRAUMA-RELATED COORDINATING BODIES. 3 Title V of the Public Health Service Act is amended 4 by inserting after section 520A (42 U.S.C. 290bb–32) the 5 following: 6 ‘‘SEC. 520B. TRAUMA-RELATED COORDINATING BODIES TO 7 ADDRESS COMMUNITY TRAUMA. 8 ‘‘(a) GRANTS.— 9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 10 through the Assistant Secretary, shall award grants 11 to State, county, local, or Indian tribe or tribal orga- 12 nizations (as such terms are defined in section 4 of 13 the Indian Self-Determination Act and Education 14 Assistance Act) or nonprofit private entities for dem- 15 onstration projects to enable such entities to act as 16 coordinating bodies to address community trauma. 17 ‘‘(2) AMOUNT.—The Secretary shall award such 18 grants in amounts of not more than $4,000,000. 19 ‘‘(3) DURATION.—The Secretary shall award 20 such grants for periods of 4 years. 21 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.— 22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 23 grant under this section, an entity shall include 1 or 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:33 Jun 13, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3180.IH H3180 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3180 IH more representatives of each of the categories de- 1 scribed in paragraph (2). 2 ‘‘(2) COMPOSITION.—The categories referred to 3 in paragraph (1) are— 4 ‘‘(A) governmental agencies, such as public 5 health, human services, or child welfare agen- 6 cies, that conduct activities to screen, assess, 7 provide services or referrals, prevent, or provide 8 treatment to support infants, children, youth, 9 and their families as appropriate, that have ex- 10 perienced or are at risk of experiencing trauma; 11 ‘‘(B) faculty or qualified staff at an insti- 12 tution of higher education (as defined in section 13 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965) 14 or representatives of a member of the National 15 Child Traumatic Stress Network, in an area re- 16 lated to screening, assessment, service provision 17 or referral, prevention, or treatment to support 18 infants, children, youth, and their families, as 19 appropriate, that have experienced or are at 20 risk of experiencing trauma; 21 ‘‘(C) hospitals, health care clinics, or other 22 health care institutions, such as mental health 23 and substance use treatment facilities; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:33 Jun 13, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3180.IH H3180 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 3180 IH ‘‘(D) the criminal justice system with re- 1 spect to adults and juveniles, which may include 2 law enforcement, judicial, or court employees; 3 ‘‘(E) local educational agencies or agencies 4 responsible for early childhood education pro- 5 grams, which may include Head Start and 6 Early Head Start agencies; 7 ‘‘(F) community-based faith, human serv- 8 ices, or social services organizations, including 9 providers of after-school programs, home vis- 10 iting programs, agencies that serve victims of 11 domestic and family violence and child sexual 12 abuse, or programs to prevent or address the 13 impact of violence and addiction; and 14 ‘‘(G) the general public, including individ- 15 uals who have experienced trauma. 16 ‘‘(3) QUALIFICATIONS.—In order for an entity 17 to be eligible to receive the grant under this section, 18 the representatives included in the entity shall, col- 19 lectively, have professional training and expertise 20 concerning childhood trauma and evidence-based, 21 evidence-informed, and promising best practices to 22 prevent and mitigate the impact of exposure to trau- 23 ma. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:33 Jun 13, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3180.IH H3180 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 3180 IH ‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 1 under this section, an entity shall submit an application 2 to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con- 3 taining such information as the Secretary may require, in- 4 cluding information describing how the coordinating body 5 funded under the grant will continue its activities after 6 the end of the grant period. 7 ‘‘(d) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec- 8 tion, the Secretary shall give priority to entities proposing 9 to serve communities that have faced high rates of commu- 10 nity trauma, including from intergenerational poverty, 11 civil unrest, discrimination, or oppression, which may in- 12 clude an evaluation of— 13 ‘‘(1) an age-adjusted rate of drug overdose 14 deaths that is above the national overdose mortality 15 rate, as determined by the Director of the Centers 16 for Disease Control and Prevention; and 17 ‘‘(2) an age-adjusted rate of violence-related (or 18 intentional) injury deaths that is above the national 19 average, as determined by the Director of the Cen- 20 ters for Disease Control and Prevention. 21 ‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.—An entity that receives a grant 22 under this section to act as a coordinating body shall use 23 the grant funds— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:33 Jun 13, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3180.IH H3180 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 3180 IH ‘‘(1) to bring together stakeholders who provide 1 or use services in, or have expertise concerning, cov- 2 ered settings to identify community needs and re- 3 sources related to services to prevent or address the 4 impact of trauma, and to build on any needs assess- 5 ments conducted by organizations or groups rep- 6 resented on the coordinating body; 7 ‘‘(2)(A) to collect data, on indicators specified 8 by the Secretary, that covers multiple covered set- 9 tings; and 10 ‘‘(B) to use the data to identify unique commu- 11 nity challenges and barriers, gaps in services, and 12 high-need areas, related to services to prevent or ad- 13 dress the impact of trauma; 14 ‘‘(3) to build awareness, skills, and leadership 15 (including through culturally sensitive, trauma-in- 16 formed training and public outreach campaigns) re- 17 lated to implementing the best practices developed 18 under section 7132(d) of the SUPPORT for Pa- 19 tients and Communities Act (Public Law 115–271) 20 (referred to in this subsection as the ‘developed best 21 practices’); and 22 ‘‘(4) to develop a strategic plan that identi- 23 fies— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:33 Jun 13, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3180.IH H3180 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 3180 IH ‘‘(A) policy goals and coordination oppor- 1 tunities (including coordination in applying for 2 grants) relating to implementing the developed 3 best practices; and 4 ‘‘(B) a comprehensive, integrated approach 5 for the entity and its members to prevent and 6 mitigate the impact of exposure to trauma in 7 the community, and to assist the community in 8 healing from existing and prior exposure to 9 trauma. 10 ‘‘(f) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Amounts made 11 available under this section shall be used to supplement 12 and not supplant other Federal, State, and local public 13 funds and private funds expended to provide trauma-re- 14 lated coordination activities. 15 ‘‘(g) EVALUATION.—At the end of the period for 16 which grants are awarded under this section, the Sec- 17 retary shall conduct an evaluation of the activities carried 18 out under each grant under this section. In conducting 19 the evaluation, the Secretary shall assess the outcomes of 20 the grant activities carried out by each grant recipient. 21 ‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 22 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 23 $50,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2020 through 24 2023. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:33 Jun 13, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3180.IH H3180 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 3180 IH ‘‘(i) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘covered 1 setting’ means the settings in which individuals may come 2 into contact with infants, children, youth, and their fami- 3 lies, as appropriate, who have experienced or are at risk 4 of experiencing trauma, including schools, hospitals, set- 5 tings where health care providers, including primary care 6 and pediatric providers, provide services, early childhood 7 education and care settings, home visiting settings, after- 8 school program facilities, child welfare agency facilities, 9 public health agency facilities, mental health treatment fa- 10 cilities, substance use treatment facilities, faith-based in- 11 stitutions, domestic violence agencies, child advocacy cen- 12 ters, homeless services system facilities, refugee services 13 system facilities, juvenile justice system facilities, law en- 14 forcement agency facilities, Healthy Marriage Promotion 15 or Responsible Fatherhood service settings, child support 16 service settings, and service settings focused on individuals 17 eligible for assistance under the temporary assistance for 18 needy families program funded under part A of title IV 19 of the Social Security Act.’’. 20 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:33 Jun 13, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3180.IH H3180 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 9 •HR 3180 IH SEC. 102. EXPANSION OF PERFORMANCE PARTNERSHIP 1 PILOT FOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE EXPERI- 2 ENCED OR ARE AT RISK OF EXPERIENCING 3 TRAUMA. 4 Section 526 of the Departments of Labor, Health and 5 Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 6 Appropriations Act, 2014 (42 U.S.C. 12301 note) is 7 amended— 8 (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 9 following: 10 ‘‘(4) ‘To improve outcomes for infants, children, 11 and youth, and their families as appropriate, who 12 have experienced or are at risk of experiencing trau- 13 ma’ means to increase the rate at which individuals 14 who have experienced or are at risk of experiencing 15 trauma, including those who are low-income, home- 16 less, involved with the child welfare system, involved 17 in the juvenile justice system, unemployed, or not 18 enrolled in or at risk of dropping out of an edu- 19 cational institution and live in a community that has 20 faced acute or long-term exposure to substantial dis- 21 crimination, historical oppression, intergenerational 22 poverty, civil unrest, a high rate of violence or drug 23 overdose deaths, achieve success in meeting edu- 24 cational, employment, health, developmental, com- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:33 Jun 13, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3180.IH H3180 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 10 •HR 3180 IH munity reentry, permanency from foster care, or 1 other key goals.’’; 2 (2) in subsection (b)— 3 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 4 ‘‘FISCAL YEAR 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘FISCAL 5 YEARS 2020 THROUGH 2024’’; 6 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 7 (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, 8 and by moving such subparagraphs, as so re- 9 designated, 2 ems to the right; 10 (C) by striking ‘‘Federal agencies’’ and in- 11 serting the following: 12 ‘‘(1) DISCONNECTED YOUTH PILOTS.—Federal 13 agencies’’; and 14 (D) by adding at the end the following: 15 ‘‘(2) TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE PILOTS.— 16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Federal agencies may 17 use Federal discretionary funds that are made 18 available in this Act or any appropriations Act 19 for any of fiscal years 2020 through 2024 to 20 carry out up to 10 Performance Partnership Pi- 21 lots. Such Pilots shall— 22 ‘‘(i) be designed to improve outcomes 23 for infants, children, and youth, and their 24 families as appropriate, who have experi- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:33 Jun 13, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3180.IH H3180 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 11 •HR 3180 IH enced or are at risk of experiencing trau- 1 ma; and 2 ‘‘(ii) involve Federal programs tar- 3 geted on infants, children, and youth, and 4 their families as appropriate, who have ex- 5 perienced or are at risk of experiencing 6 trauma. 7 ‘‘(B) PRIORITY.—In making funds avail- 8 able under this paragraph, a Federal agency 9 shall give priority to entities that receive grants 10 under section 520B of the Public Health Serv- 11 ice Act.’’; 12 (3) in subsection (c)(2)— 13 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 14 ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’; and 15 (B) in subparagraph (F), by inserting be- 16 fore the semicolon ‘‘, including the age range 17 for such population’’; and 18 (4) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2018’’ and 19 inserting ‘‘2023’’. 20 SEC. 103. NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. 21 (a) SERVICE-LEARNING.—Section 113(a)(2) of the 22 National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 23 12525(a)(2)) is amended— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:33 Jun 13, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3180.IH H3180 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 12 •HR 3180 IH (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 1 the end; 2 (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period 3 and inserting ‘‘, and’’; and 4 (3) by adding at the end the following: 5 ‘‘(E) information describing how the appli- 6 cant will give priority, in reviewing applications 7 under subsection (b), to entities that propose 8 service-learning programs in communities with 9 high levels of trauma (as defined in section 10 520B of the Public Health Service Act).’’. 11 (b) AMERICORPS RECRUITMENT.—Section 130(b)(5) 12 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 13 U.S.C. 12582(b)(5)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘and 14 women,’’ the following: ‘‘and to give priority (to the max- 15 imum extent practicable) to recruitment of participants 16 from communiti [Text truncated for display. 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