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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4886 

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 

establish the Adverse Childhood Experiences Response Team grant program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 28, 2019 

Mr. PAPPAS (for himself and Mr. RUTHERFORD) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

Act of 1968 to establish the Adverse Childhood Experiences Response Team grant program, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National ACERT 

5 Grant Program Authorization Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES RESPONSE 

2 TEAM GRANT PROGRAM. 

3 Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

4 Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) is amended 

5 by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘PART OO—ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES 

7 RESPONSE TEAM GRANT PROGRAM 

8 ‘‘SEC. 3051. GRANTS FOR ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERI9 ENCES RESPONSE TEAMS. 

10 ‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—From amounts made 

11 available to carry out this section, the Attorney General, 

12 in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human 

13 Services, shall make grants to States, units of local gov14 ernment, Indian Tribes, and neighborhood or community15 based organizations to address adverse childhood experi16 ences associated with exposure to trauma. 

17 ‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts received under a 

18 grant under this section may be used to establish an ad19 verse childhood experiences response team, including by— 

20 ‘‘(1) establishing protocols to follow when en21 countering a child or youth exposed to trauma to fa22 cilitate access to services; 

23 ‘‘(2) developing referral partnership agreements 

24 with behavioral health providers, substance treat25 ment facilities, and recovery services for family 

26 members of children exposed to trauma; 


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1 ‘‘(3) integrating law enforcement, mental 

2 health, and crisis services to respond to situations 

3 where children have been exposed to trauma; 

4 ‘‘(4) implementing comprehensive programs and 

5 practices to support children exposed to trauma; 

6 ‘‘(5) identifying barriers for children to access 

7 trauma-informed care in their communities; 

8 ‘‘(6) providing training in trauma-informed care 

9 to emergency response providers, victim service pro10 viders, child protective service professionals, edu11 cational institutions, and other community partners; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(7) supporting cross-system planning and col14 laboration among officers and employees who work 

15 in law enforcement, court systems, child welfare 

16 services, correctional reentry programs, emergency 

17 medical services, health care services, public health, 

18 and substance abuse treatment and recovery sup19 port. 

20 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—A State, unit of local govern21 ment, Indian Tribe, or neighborhood or community-based 

22 organization desiring a grant under this section shall sub23 mit to the Attorney General an application in such form, 

24 and containing such information, as the Attorney General 

25 may reasonably require. 


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1 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To 

2 carry out this section, there is authorized to be appro3 priated $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2020 

4 through 2023.’’. 

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