STRONG Support for Children Act of 2021
Latest action · Jun 9, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 8, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Services and Trauma-informed Research of Outcomes in Neighborhoods Grants for Support for Children Act of 2021 or the STRONG Support for Children Act of 2021
This bill establishes two grant programs for governmental health departments to prevent and mitigate childhood trauma and adverse childhood experiences.
For the first program, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must award grants to health departments to use data analysis methods to identify interventions to prevent and mitigate childhood trauma. Grant activities include using data analysis to identify geographic areas with a high prevalence of adverse childhood experiences and to implement strategies to improve outcomes for infants, children, and adolescents.
For the second program, HHS must award grants to local or tribal governments to establish or expand early childhood trauma-informed care coordination services, including by instituting risk and needs assessments to respond to adverse childhood experiences.
For both grants, the bill prohibits the use of funds for certain purposes, such as using the data analysis methods to inform individual case decisions, including child removals, or increasing the presence of law enforcement.
In addition, HHS must evaluate and report on these programs and make findings and recommendations publicly available on its website.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 8, 2021 to Sep 23, 2021; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Original | Jun 8, 2021 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Jun 8, 2021 |
| D-MO | Cori Bush | Original | Jun 8, 2021 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jun 8, 2021 |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Original | Jun 8, 2021 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | Jun 8, 2021 |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Original | Jun 8, 2021 |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Original | Jun 8, 2021 |
| D-NY | Jamaal Bowman | Sep 23, 2021 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jun 8, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jun 9, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 9, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jun 8, 2021Introduced in House
- Jun 8, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 99, June 8, 2021, page H2702.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4486 | Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2022 | Related bill | Jun 23, 2022 |
| HR 7585 | Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2022 | Related bill | Jun 29, 2022 |
| HR 8544 | STRONG Support for Children Act of 2020 | Reintroduction of | Oct 6, 2020 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Public Health Service Act to support the development and implementation of programs using data analysis to identify and facilitate strategies to improve outcomes for children in geographic areas with a high prevalence of trauma from exposure to adverse childhood experiences, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- STRONG Support for Children Act of 2021
- Services and Trauma-informed Research of Outcomes in Neighborhoods Grants for Support for Children Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Adoption and foster care
- Child health
- Child safety and welfare
- Community life and organization
- Crimes against children
- Domestic violence and child abuse
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Food assistance and relief
- Health
- Health information and medical records
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Homelessness and emergency shelter
- Medicaid
- Mental health
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Sex offenses
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- Violent crime
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 8, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
