Mentoring and Supporting Families Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5383 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5383

  To provide for the use of peer support, peer mentoring, and career 
     coaching in demonstration projects conducted under the health 
 profession opportunity grant program under section 2008 of the Social 
                             Security Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 16, 2025

  Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for the use of peer support, peer mentoring, and career 
     coaching in demonstration projects conducted under the health 
 profession opportunity grant program under section 2008 of the Social 
                             Security Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Mentoring and Supporting Families 
Act''.

SEC. 2. USE OF PEER SUPPORT, PEER MENTORING, AND CAREER COACHING.

    Section 2008 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397g) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections 
        (d) and (e), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) Use of Peer Support, Peer Mentoring, and Career Coaching.--
            ``(1) Preference in considering applications.--In 
        considering applications for a grant under this section, the 
        Secretary shall give preference to--
                    ``(A) applications that include opportunities for 
                mentoring or peer support, and make career coaching 
                available, as part of the case management plan; and
                    ``(B) applications that include a commitment to 
                providing project participants with a monthly cash 
                stipend or wage supplement.
            ``(2) Inclusion among support services.--A project for 
        which a grant is made under this section shall include case 
        management plans that include career coaching (with the option 
        to offer appropriate peer support and mentoring opportunities 
        to help develop soft skills and social capital), which may be 
        offered on an ongoing basis before, during, and after initial 
        training as part of a career pathway model.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendment made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 
2025.
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