Sponsor
Gary C. Peters
Senator · D-MI
Senator · D-MI
Official title: Amend the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act to reauthorize the youth prevention and recovery initiative, and for other purposes.
Introduced October 14, 2025 by Gary C. Peters · Last progress October 14, 2025
The bill expands and stabilizes grant-funded peer-to-peer support and clarifies Tribal program eligibility, but it narrows statutory coverage for abuse-related services, adds administrative requirements, and may not provide enough funding to meet nationwide demand.
Secondary school students gain access to grant-funded peer-to-peer support programs (expanding beyond traditional peer mentoring), increasing in-school supportive services for adolescents.
Schools, universities, and students receive multi-year funding certainty with authorized appropriations rising from $10M in FY2026 to $15M in FY2030, supporting sustained program capacity over five years.
Tribal entities and residents benefit from clearer statutory recognition, consistent capitalization, and cross-references, which should improve program administration and eligibility clarity for Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations.
Students may lose access to abuse-related services because removing the words "and abuse" narrows the statute's scope and could exclude grants that addressed abuse issues.
Taxpayers and students face limited coverage because the authorized funding levels ($10M–$15M) may still be insufficient to meet nationwide demand, leaving many schools without grants while creating future budget obligations.
Smaller schools, Tribal organizations, and some applicants may be disadvantaged because requiring a sustainability plan increases administrative burden and could deter or disqualify applicants with less capacity.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Updates terminology/definitions and program rules for a youth prevention and recovery grant program, adds sustainability plans for applicants, narrows scope in two clauses, and authorizes $10–15M/year for FY2026–2030.
Makes targeted changes to the youth prevention and recovery grant program in current law by clarifying terminology, tightening some program scope, adding grant application requirements, and authorizing a five‑year funding schedule. Most edits are stylistic or definitional (capitalization, updated cross‑references, and a statutory definition of “secondary school”), while program changes require sustainability plans from applicants, replace “peer mentoring” with “peer‑to‑peer support,” remove the words “and abuse” in two places (narrowing scope), and set authorized funding of $10M in FY2026 rising to $15M in FY2030.