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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 4435 (Introduced in House) — To improve access to mental health and substance use disorder prevention, treatment, crisis, and recovery services. · Sec. 509

Sec. 509. Peer professional workforce development grant program

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For the purposes described in subsection (b), the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall award grants to develop and sustain behavioral health paraprofessional training and education programs, including through tuition support. The purposes of grants under this section are— to increase the number of behavioral health paraprofessionals, including trained peers, recovery coaches, mental health and addiction specialists, prevention specialists, and pre-masters-level addiction counselors; and to help communities develop the infrastructure to train and certify peers as behavioral health paraprofessionals.
To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an entity shall be a community college or other entity the Secretary deems appropriate. In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall seek to achieve an appropriate national balance in the geographic distribution of such awards. In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary may give special consideration to proposed and existing programs targeting peer professionals serving youth ages 16 to 25. To carry out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021.
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