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The bill funds trauma-informed services and builds local and cross-agency capacity to help children affected by adverse experiences, but the grants are modest and limited in reach, may steer programs toward criminal-justice frameworks, and add modest federal cost.
Children and youth exposed to adverse childhood experiences would gain access to coordinated, trauma-informed response teams funded by $10 million per year in grants.
Local social service agencies and social workers would receive grant funding to build capacity for screening, intervention, and referrals for affected families.
State and local governments would be able to coordinate justice, health, and child welfare responses, improving cross-agency collaboration for at-risk children.
Many communities may be left without support because the $10 million per year grant pool is limited and unlikely to meet nationwide need.
Hospitals, health systems, and social workers could see programs shaped toward criminal-justice approaches because grants are administered through the Office of Justice Programs, rather than purely public-health models.
Taxpayers would face increased federal spending—about $40 million total over four years—to fund the new grant program.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Creates a DOJ grant program funding ACEs response teams and authorizes $10M per year for FY2026–FY2029.
Creates a new federal grant program to fund Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) response teams and authorizes $10 million per year for fiscal years 2026 through 2029 to carry out the program. The program is added to Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 and is established by inserting a new part (Part PP) into that title. The bill authorizes multi-year funding but does not itself appropriate funds; annual appropriations would be required to actually provide the money. The grant program aims to support local, state, tribal, or nonprofit efforts to identify and respond to childhood trauma and ACEs through dedicated response teams and related services.
Official title: 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.
Introduced May 22, 2025 by Jeanne Shaheen · Last progress May 22, 2025