This bill creates a Youth Mental Health Research Initiative at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The initiative would be led by the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health in collaboration with the directors of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities. It would coordinate and encourage collaboration across NIH institutes and centers on fundamental and applied research about youth mental health. The bill lists two main research areas: (1) social, behavioral, cognitive, and developmental research to build resilience and increase the ability of communities to identify and care for youth at risk or in crisis; and (2) research to improve how mental health interventions are targeted and delivered in clinical and community places where youth live, play, work, and learn. The bill authorizes $100,000,000 for each fiscal year 2025 through 2030 to carry out the initiative.
The bill directs federal research resources toward understanding and supporting youth mental health. It aims to promote studies that could inform community and clinical approaches to identify and help youth who are at risk or in crisis. The initiative focuses on research and coordination; it does not itself create local services or require changes to schools, clinics, or community programs.
The bill authorizes $100,000,000 for each fiscal year 2025 through 2030 to carry out the initiative. That authorization totals $600,000,000 across those six fiscal years. No publicly available information on additional cost estimates or budgetary effects is provided in the bill text.
Proponents say the initiative will encourage collaboration among NIH institutes and centers, support research on resilience and community capacity to identify and care for youth, and improve how mental health interventions are targeted and delivered where youth live and learn.
No publicly available information.