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The bill expands funded, evidence-based suicide stabilization services and builds provider capacity (including in schools and underserved areas) but relies on limited, time-bound grants and financing requirements that may constrain scale and sustainability, especially for smaller providers.
People with serious suicidal thoughts (including youth and those in rural or underserved areas) gain funded access to evidence-informed stabilization services delivered in-person, outpatient, virtual, or via peer support.
Schools and college campuses can receive grants to provide onsite stabilization services, improving timely help for students at risk of suicide.
Grantees receive training, technical assistance, and evaluated best practices, and eligibility is extended to rural clinics, FQHCs, tribal organizations, and territories—raising the quality and reach of suicide interventions in underserved communities.
Grant funding is time-limited (maximum 5 years, nonrenewable), creating a high risk that services will end unless sustainable financing is secured, disrupting care for people who rely on them.
The program’s funding level ($30 million per year) may be insufficient to meet nationwide demand, limiting the number of grantees and the program’s overall scale and impact.
Requiring a continuity financing plan may disadvantage smaller community providers and nonprofits with limited billing or grant-writing capacity, reducing their ability to compete for and sustain grants.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Authorizes HHS to award competitive five-year grants to implement suicide-specific stabilization services, requires evaluation and training, and funds the program $30M/year for FY2027–FY2031.
Creates a new HHS competitive grant program to fund suicide-specific stabilization services for people with serious suicidal thoughts. Grants (up to five years, nonrenewable) support evidence-based, least-restrictive stabilization care delivered in-person, outpatient, virtual, or by technology (including peer support); applicants must provide a plan for sustaining services after grant funding ends. The agency must evaluate grant activities, share findings, and offer training and technical assistance. The program is authorized at $30 million per year for FY2027–FY2031.
Introduced March 26, 2026 by Jamie Ben Raskin · Last progress March 26, 2026