Sec. 405. Trauma-related coordinating bodies
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Part G of title V of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290hh et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Secretary, acting through the Administrator, shall make not more than 20 grants for demonstration projects to State, local, or tribal eligible entities to act as trauma-related coordinating bodies. The Secretary shall make such a grant in an amount of not more than $4,000,000. The Secretary shall make such a grant for a period of 4 years. To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an entity shall include 1 or more representatives of each of the categories described in paragraph (2). The categories referred to in paragraph
(1)are— agencies, such as public health or child welfare agencies, that provide services to prevent the impact of trauma among, identify, refer for services, or support (including providing treatment for) children and youth, and their families as appropriate, that have experienced or are at risk of experiencing trauma; faculty at an institution of higher education, or researchers or experts, in an area related to prevention of the impact of, identification of, referral for services for, or support (including treatment) for child and youth trauma; hospitals or other health care institutions, such as mental health and substance use treatment facilities; law enforcement; elementary or secondary schools, or early childhood education or care programs; community-based faith, human services, or social services organizations, including providers of after-school programs, home visiting programs, or programs to prevent or address the impact of violence; and the general public, including individuals who have experienced trauma. In order for an entity to be eligible to receive the grant, the representatives included in the entity shall, collectively, have professional training and expertise concerning a broad range of adverse childhood experiences. To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an entity shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including information describing how the coordinating body will continue its activities after the end of the grant period. In making grants under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to entities proposing to serve communities that have faced trauma due to substantial discrimination, historical or cultural oppression, intergenerational poverty, civil unrest, a high rate of violence, or a high rate of drug overdose mortality. An entity that receives a grant under this section to act as a coordinating body shall use the grant funds— to bring together stakeholders who provide or use services in, or have expertise concerning, covered settings to identify community needs and resources related to services to prevent or address the impact of trauma, and to build on any needs assessments conducted by organizations or groups represented on the coordinating body; to collect data, on indicators specified by the Secretary, that covers multiple covered settings; and to use the data to identify unique community challenges, gaps in services, and high-need areas, related to services to prevent or address the impact of trauma; to build awareness, skills, and leadership (including through trauma-informed training and public outreach campaigns) related to implementing the best practices developed under section 101 of the Trauma-Informed Care for Children and Families Act of 2017 (referred to in this subsection as the developed best practices ); to pool resources of the members of the organizations and groups represented on the coordinating body, related to implementing the developed best practices; and to develop a strategic plan that identifies— barriers to and gaps in the provision of services to prevent or address the impact of trauma; and policy goals and coordination opportunities (including coordination in applying for grants) relating to implementing the developed best practices. Amounts made available under this section shall be used to supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, and local public funds and private funds expended to provide trauma-related coordination activities. At the end of the period for which grants are made under this section, the Secretary shall conduct an evaluation of the activities carried out under each grant under this section. In conducting the evaluation, the Secretary shall assess the outcomes of the grant activities carried out by each grant recipient. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $80,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2018 through 2021. In this section, the term covered setting has the meaning given the term in section 101(f) of the Trauma-Informed Care for Children and Families Act of 2017. .
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