Creates a new grant program to train community mental wellness workers, boosting local mental health support.
This bill would create a new federal grant program to train community mental wellness workers. It aims to increase access to basic mental health and substance use support in local communities, especially those with high needs. This means more trained professionals would be available to help people with mild to moderate mental health conditions.
Today, there is no specific federal grant program authorized under Part D of title V of the Public Health Service Act for training community mental wellness workers. This bill would establish a new grant program to fund eligible entities to train and certify community mental wellness workers, and would authorize $25,000,000 annually for the government's budget years 2027 through 2031 for this purpose.
S 5365 · 119th Congress · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 9/10
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