# Plain Language Summary: ATTAIN Mental Health Act

This bill creates a single, easy-to-use website where people can find information about federal grants available for mental health and substance abuse programs. Right now, if you work for a nonprofit, school, hospital, or community organization that wants to apply for mental health funding, you have to search through multiple government websites and databases scattered across different agencies. This bill would consolidate all that information into one interactive dashboard that you can search by category and location to find grants you're eligible for.

The website would show you which grants are currently accepting applications, which ones have closed, and when deadlines are coming up. It would include information about grants from federal agencies like the Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Education, Department of Veterans Affairs, and others. The dashboard would also try to include state-level grant opportunities when states voluntarily share that information. Everything would be designed to be accessible to people with disabilities, and the government has two years from when this law passes to get it up and running.

Who benefits from this? Schools looking to fund mental health counselors, nonprofits running addiction treatment programs, hospitals seeking research funding, tribal health organizations, law enforcement agencies with mental health initiatives, and basically any organization trying to access federal money for mental health or substance use disorder work. Instead of spending hours hunting through different websites and calling different agencies to figure out what funding exists, they'd have one searchable tool. The bill also requires the government to keep the dashboard updated with current opportunities and to consult with potential users—like schools, universities, and community organizations—when designing it to make sure it actually works for the people who need it.

ATTAIN Mental Health Act

Gonzales, Tony

Achieving Thorough Transparency and Accessibility for Information Navigation on Mental Health Act of 2023 or the ATTAIN Mental Health ActThis bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish an online dashboard with information about federal grants relating to mental health and substance use disorders.&nbsp;Among other requirements, the dashboard must be searchable, current, and indicate whether the application period is open or closed. The dashboard must also include information about associated state programs and subgrants.