RISE from Trauma Act
Sponsored By: Senator Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced
Summary
Trauma-informed prevention and care would be funded and coordinated across communities, schools, hospitals, and law enforcement. The bill would create new grants, pilots, workforce training, and data collection to help children and families affected by trauma.
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- Families and children would get expanded local support through grants to community trauma coordinating bodies that could be up to $6 million per grant, funding prevention, training, and public outreach.
- Hospitals and health systems would be eligible for grants to deliver trauma-informed interventions after overdoses, suicide attempts, or violent injuries, including screening, counseling, discharge planning, and long-term case management. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would be asked to share information on coverage and reimbursement.
- Schools would receive reauthorized trauma services, new teacher training requirements, and toolkits for front-line providers. The bill would also create a National Law Enforcement Child and Youth Trauma Coordinating Center and add workforce funds, including $50 million per year for National Health Service Corps placements in schools and community settings and $25 million per year for infant and early childhood mental health training.
*If enacted, the bill would authorize new federal funding, including a $600 million-per-year community grants program plus additional authorizations of tens of millions per year, and would increase federal spending.*
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
7 provisions identified: 7 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Big community trauma prevention grants
If enacted, the bill would create demonstration grants for community trauma coordinating bodies. Grants could be up to $6 million each for four years. The program is authorized at $600 million per year for fiscal years 2026–2033. Grants must include at least five stakeholder types and must prioritize high-trauma communities. Recipients must report outcomes and plan for sustainability.
Build trauma-informed health workforce
If enacted, the bill would add $50 million per year (FY2026–2030) to the National Health Service Corps for clinicians placed in schools and community sites. It would authorize $25 million per year (FY2026–2030) for infant and early childhood mental health training institutes. The bill would reauthorize the National Child Traumatic Stress Network with $93.887 million per year (FY2026–2030). HHS must also make easy toolkits for front-line providers within 18 months. Programs must emphasize recruiting from trauma-affected communities.
Hospital grants for trauma care
If enacted, the bill would fund grants to hospitals and health systems to test trauma-informed care after overdoses, suicide attempts, or violent injury. Grants could pay for screening, counseling, discharge planning, skills training, and long-term case management. Grantees must report outcomes to HHS. CMS would evaluate how insurers or programs could cover and reimburse these services.
Federal pilots and coordination for trauma
If enacted, Federal agencies could run up to 10 multi-agency Performance Partnership Pilots from FY2026 through FY2030 to align programs serving trauma-affected children and families. OMB must, within nine months, issue guidance, waivers, performance measures, and sustainability advice. The bill would also extend the interagency Task Force on Trauma-Informed Care by one year to 2031.
Justice supports for children exposed to trauma
If enacted, the Attorney General could award $11 million per year (FY2026–2030) in grants to help children harmed by violence or substance use. The bill would also create a National Law Enforcement Child and Youth Trauma Coordinating Center. The Center would train law enforcement, share best practices, give technical help, and award grants. The Center would get $6 million per year for grants and $2 million per year for other activities (FY2026–2030).
More CDC data on substance use
If enacted, the bill would increase CDC surveillance funding to $9 million per year for fiscal years 2026–2030. This would support better data on substance use, overdoses, and trauma indicators to help communities plan responses.
More trauma training for teachers
If enacted, partnerships under the Higher Education Act would have to show how they train teachers to support students who faced trauma. Training must cover restorative practices, social-emotional learning, alternatives to suspension, and preventing staff burnout. The bill would also reauthorize school-based trauma support grants for fiscal years 2026–2030.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
IL • D
Cosponsors
Shelley Capito
WV • R
Sponsored 12/11/2025
Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
IL • D
Sponsored 12/16/2025
Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
AK • R
Sponsored 12/16/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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