RISE from Trauma Act

Key Points

• The bill creates a massive grant program authorizing $600 million per year through 2033 to fund local coordinating bodies that bring together schools, hospitals, law enforcement, and social services to prevent and address childhood trauma in communities hit hardest by violence, poverty, and addiction.
• Communities with the highest rates of drug overdose deaths, violence-related injuries, and child welfare or juvenile justice involvement would get priority for funding, ensuring resources go where the need is greatest.
• Hospitals would receive grants to deliver trauma-informed interventions for patients arriving after overdoses, suicide attempts, or violent injuries, with the goal of preventing readmissions and reinjury through counseling, case management, and long-term support.
• The bill invests in building the mental health workforce by creating an Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Clinical Leadership Program, funding $25 million per year for training institutes at colleges and hospitals, including historically Black colleges and tribal colleges.
• Teachers and school leaders would receive new training in trauma-informed practices, including how to recognize signs of trauma, support social and emotional learning, and use alternatives to suspension and expulsion for students affected by trauma.
• A new National Law Enforcement Child and Youth Trauma Coordinating Center would train police on how to interact with children exposed to violence, with $8 million per year authorized for grants and center operations.