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Title 42
Chapter 6A
Subchapter II
Part Q
§ 280h-5. School-based health ce...
§ 280h-7. Grants to improve trau...
§ 280h-5. School-based health ce...
§ 280h-7. Grants to improve trau...
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Notes
§ 280h–6.
Infant and early childhood mental health promotion, intervention, and treatment
(a)
Grants
The Secretary shall—
(1)
award grants to eligible entities to develop, maintain, or enhance infant and early childhood mental health promotion, intervention, and treatment programs, including—
(A)
programs for infants and children at significant risk of developing, showing early signs of, or having been diagnosed with mental illness, including a serious emotional disturbance; and
(B)
multigenerational therapy and other services that support the caregiving relationship; and
(2)
ensure that programs funded through grants under this section are evidence-informed or evidence-based models, practices, and methods that are, as appropriate, culturally and linguistically appropriate, and can be replicated in other appropriate settings.
(b)
Eligible children and entities
In this section:
(1)
Eligible child
The term “eligible child” means a child from birth to not more than 12 years of age who—
(A)
is at risk for, shows early signs of, or has been diagnosed with a mental illness, including a serious emotional disturbance; and
(B)
may benefit from infant and early childhood intervention or treatment programs or specialized preschool or elementary school programs that are evidence-based or that have been scientifically demonstrated to show promise but would benefit from further applied development.
(2)
Eligible entity
The term “eligible entity” means a human services agency or nonprofit institution that—
(A)
employs licensed mental health professionals who have specialized training and experience in infant and early childhood mental health assessment, diagnosis, and treatment, or is accredited or approved by the appropriate State agency, as applicable, to provide for children from infancy to 12 years of age mental health promotion, intervention, or treatment services; and
(B)
provides services or programs described in subsection (a) that are evidence-based or that have been scientifically demonstrated to show promise but would benefit from further applied development.
(c)
Application
(d)
Use of funds for early intervention and treatment programs
An eligible entity may use amounts awarded under a grant under subsection (a)(1) to carry out the following:
(1)
Provide age-appropriate mental health promotion and early intervention services or mental illness treatment services, which may include specialized programs, for eligible children at significant risk of developing, showing early signs of, or having been diagnosed with a mental illness, including a serious emotional disturbance. Such services may include social and behavioral services as well as multigenerational therapy and other services that support the caregiving relationship.
(2)
Provide training for health care professionals with expertise in infant and early childhood mental health care with respect to appropriate and relevant integration with other disciplines such as primary care clinicians, early intervention specialists, child welfare staff, home visitors, early care and education providers, and others who work with young children and families.
(3)
Provide mental health consultation to personnel of early care and education programs (including licensed or regulated center-based and home-based child care, home visiting, preschool special education, and early intervention programs) who work with children and families.
(4)
Provide training for mental health clinicians in infant and early childhood in promising and evidence-based practices and models for infant and early childhood mental health treatment and early intervention, including with regard to practices for identifying and treating mental illness and behavioral disorders of infants and children resulting from exposure or repeated exposure to adverse childhood experiences or childhood trauma.
(5)
Provide age-appropriate assessment, diagnostic, and intervention services for eligible children, including early mental health promotion, intervention, and treatment services.
(e)
Matching funds
(f)
Technical assistance
(g)
Authorization of appropriations
(
July 1, 1944, ch. 373
, title III, § 399Z–2, as added
Pub. L. 114–255, div. B, title X, § 10006
,
Dec. 13, 2016
,
130 Stat. 1267
; amended
Pub. L. 117–328, div. FF, title I, § 1402
,
Dec. 29, 2022
,
136 Stat. 5699
.)
cite as:
42 USC 280h-6
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