# 119-hr-5383: Mentoring and Supporting Families Act

119-hr-5383, Mentoring and Supporting Families Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] (D-PA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5383
- Congress: 119
- Title: Mentoring and Supporting Families Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-09-16
- Sponsor: Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] (D-PA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Mentoring and career coaching** would become central to how Health Profession Opportunity Grant projects are ranked and designed. The bill would also favor applications that commit to providing a monthly cash stipend or wage supplement for participants. - Families and participants would get career coaching built into case management and access to mentoring or peer support before, during, and after initial training. - Training providers would have to include career coaching in any awarded project’s case management plan, with the option to offer ongoing peer support and mentoring to build soft skills and social capital. - Changes would apply to HPOG demonstration projects and would not by themselves create new appropriations. The amendment would take effect on October 1, 2025.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Priority for coaching and stipends in healthcare training: benefit, low. If enacted, the government would favor health care job training grants that include mentoring or peer support, career coaching, and a promise of a monthly cash stipend or wage supplement. Any program that wins a grant would have to include career coaching in its case plan. Programs could offer ment…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-2945: Housing for All Act of 2025
- 119-hr-5658: Child Care for Every Community Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-5383 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5383)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6900)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-2945: Housing for All Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2945)
- [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-5383 (as of 2026-04-21).