# 119-hr-2957: STRONG Support for Children Act of 2025

119-hr-2957, STRONG Support for Children Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7] (D-MA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-2957
- Congress: 119
- Title: STRONG Support for Children Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-04-17
- Sponsor: Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7] (D-MA)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-10

## Summary

This bill would create a federal program to **prevent and mitigate childhood trauma** by using data-driven analysis to target high-need communities and fund trauma-informed services for children and families. - Families and children: Would fund voluntary, noncoercive services for children ages 0–17 and their caregivers, including home visiting, mental health and substance use supports, housing help, economic and nutrition supports, and school-based early childhood mental health supports. - Early childhood and prenatal focus: Would establish care coordination grants for children 0–5 and prenatal people, with at least 9 and up to 40 grants of $250,000 to $1,000,000 each and $15.0 million authorized per year for five years. - State and local health departments: Would let state and local health departments compete for up to 5 large data-analysis grants, each up to $9.5 million and lasting up to 7 years, to identify high-risk census tracts and implement strategies. - Tribal and equity provisions: Includes tribal consultation, at least a 10% set-aside for Indian Tribes in the care coordination funding, and requirements for culturally specific, gender-responsive, and reparative approaches available regardless of immigration status. - Data, limits, and evaluation: Would prioritize system-dynamic modeling for area-level targeting, cap data-analysis spending at 25% in the first 24 months and 10% thereafter, forbid using data to target individuals or increase law enforcement, and require model and program evaluations within 36 months and 6 years respectively. *Would authorize about $130 million in new federal grants and evaluations across the programs, increasing federal spending if appropriated.*

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI), 2025-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2025-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2025-04-17T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Care coordination for young children and caregivers: benefit, low. The bill would create grants to local governments and Tribes to coordinate care for children ages 0–5 at risk of trauma and their caregivers. Grants would be $250,000 to $1,000,000 per year, with 9–40 awards, and $15 million a year authorized for five years; at least 10% would go to Tribes. Funds c…
- Defines childhood trauma and coordination services: benefit, low. The bill would define “adverse childhood experiences” broadly. It would include abuse, neglect, food insecurity, poor nutrition, witnessing violence, foster care involvement, a parent’s substance use or mental illness, incarceration, immigration detention or deportation, discrimination, systemic tr…
- Data-driven support to prevent childhood trauma: benefit, low. The bill would let HHS give up to five long‑term grants to State or local health departments to use data to prevent and reduce childhood trauma in high‑risk areas. Each grant could be up to $9.5 million for up to seven years; Congress would authorize $47.5 million for grants and $7.5 million for ev…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-8870: BUILD America 250 Act
- 119-hr-2038: American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2025
- 119-hr-5658: Child Care for Every Community Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-2957 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2957)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6644)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-8870: BUILD America 250 Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8870)
- [119-hr-2038: American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2038)
- [119-hr-5658: Child Care for Every Community Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5658)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2957 (as of 2026-10-10).