I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4541 
To improve the identification and support of children and families who 
experience trauma. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 11, 2023 
Mr. DAVIS of Illinois (for himself and Mr. GALLAGHER) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 
and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To improve the identification and support of children and 
families who experience trauma. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Resilience Investment, 
Support, and Expansion from Trauma Act of 2023’’ or 
the ‘‘RISE from Trauma Act of 2023’’. 
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TITLE I—COMMUNITY 
PROGRAMMING 
SEC. 101. TRAUMA AND RESILIENCE-RELATED COORDI-
NATING BODIES. 
Title V of the Public Health Service Act is amended 
by inserting after section 520C (42 U.S.C. 290bb–34) the 
following: 
‘‘SEC. 520D. LOCAL COORDINATING BODIES TO ADDRESS 
COMMUNITY TRAUMA, PREVENTION, AND RE-
SILIENCE. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coordina-
tion with the Director of the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention and the Assistant Secretary, 
shall award grants to State, county, local, or Indian 
tribe or tribal organizations (as such terms are de-
fined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination 
Act and Education Assistance Act) or nonprofit pri-
vate entities for demonstration projects to enable 
such entities to act as coordinating bodies to prevent 
or mitigate the impact of trauma and toxic stress in 
a community, or promote resilience by fostering pro-
tective factors. 
‘‘(2) AMOUNT.—The Secretary shall award such 
grants in amounts of not more than $6,000,000. 
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‘‘(3) DURATION.—The Secretary shall award 
such grants for periods of 4 years. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this section, an entity shall include 1 or 
more representatives from at least 5 of the cat-
egories described in paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) COMPOSITION.—The categories referred to 
in paragraph (1) are— 
‘‘(A) governmental agencies, such as public 
health, mental health, human services, or child 
welfare agencies, that provide training related 
to covered services or conduct activities to 
screen, assess, provide services or referrals, pre-
vent, or provide treatment to support infants, 
children, youth, and their families as appro-
priate, that have experienced or are at risk of 
experiencing trauma; 
‘‘(B) faculty or qualified staff at an insti-
tution of higher education (as defined in section 
101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965) 
or representatives of a local member of the Na-
tional Child Traumatic Stress Network, in an 
area related to screening, assessment, service 
provision or referral, prevention, or treatment 
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to support infants, children, youth, and their 
families, as appropriate, that have experienced 
or are at risk of experiencing trauma; 
‘‘(C) hospitals, health care clinics, or other 
health care institutions, such as mental health 
and substance use disorder treatment facilities; 
‘‘(D) criminal justice representatives re-
lated to adults and juveniles, which may include 
law enforcement or judicial or court employees; 
‘‘(E) local educational agencies (as defined 
in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7801)) or agencies responsible for early child-
hood education programs, which may include 
Head Start and Early Head Start agencies; 
‘‘(F) workforce development, job training, 
or business associations; 
‘‘(G) nonprofit, community-based faith, 
human services, civic, or social services organi-
zations, including participants in a national or 
community service program (as described in 
section 122 of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12572)), pro-
viders of after-school programs, home visiting 
programs, family resource centers, agencies 
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that serve victims of domestic and family vio-
lence or child abuse, or programs to prevent or 
address the impact of violence and addiction; 
and 
‘‘(H) the general public, including individ-
uals who have experienced trauma who can ap-
propriately represent populations and activities 
relevant to the community that will be served 
by the entity. 
‘‘(3) QUALIFICATIONS.—In order for an entity 
to be eligible to receive the grant under this section, 
the representatives included in the entity shall, col-
lectively, have training and expertise concerning 
childhood trauma, resilience, and covered services. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section, an entity shall submit an application 
to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information as the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(d) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall give priority to entities proposing 
to serve communities or populations that have faced or 
currently face high rates of community trauma, including 
from intergenerational poverty, civil unrest, discrimina-
tion, or oppression, which may include an evaluation of— 
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