Sec. 31055. Funding for community violence and trauma interventions
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In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary, for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated $2,500,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the purposes described in subsection (b): The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and in consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health, and the Assistant Secretary for the Administration for Children and Families, shall use amounts appropriated by subsection
(a)to support public health-based interventions to reduce community violence and trauma, taking into consideration the needs of communities with high rates of, and prevalence of risk factors associated with, violence-related injuries and deaths, by— awarding competitive grants or contracts to local governmental entities, States, territories, Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations, Urban Indian organizations, hospitals and community health centers, nonprofit community-based organizations, culturally specific organizations, victim services providers, or other entities as determined by the Secretary (or consortia of such entities) to support evidence-informed, culturally competent, and developmentally appropriate strategies to reduce community violence, including outreach and conflict mediation, hospital-based violence intervention, violence interruption, and services for victims and individuals and communities at risk for experiencing violence, such as trauma-informed mental health care and counseling, social-emotional learning and school-based mental health services, workforce development services, and other services that prevent or mitigate the impact of trauma, build appropriate skills, or promote resilience; and supporting training, technical assistance, research, evaluation, public health surveillance systems, data collection, and coordination among relevant stakeholders, to facilitate support for strategies to reduce community violence and ensure safe and healthy communities. Amounts appropriated under this section shall be used to supplement and not supplant any Federal, State, or local funding otherwise made available for the purposes described in this section. All expenditures made pursuant to subsection
(a)shall be made on or before September 30, 2031.