New federal mental health grants dashboard aims to cut through bureaucratic fog
S. 1878 — ATTAIN Mental Health Act · Filed by Deb Fischer (R-NE) · 5 cosponsors · Introduced May 22, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to build a free, publicly accessible online dashboard within 2 years that consolidates information about all federal grants for mental health and substance use disorder programs. The dashboard will let schools, nonprofits, hospitals, local governments, and individuals search for and apply to federal mental health funding opportunities in one place, rather than hunting across multiple agency websites.
Why we flagged it
The bill's core function is establishing a public information dashboard to improve access to federal mental health grants. It is a transparency and accessibility measure, not a regulatory or appropriations instrument.
What the text implies
- Dashboard may increase competition for federal mental health grants by lowering information barriers, potentially shifting funding distribution toward better-resourced applicants who can navigate the system more effectively.
- Voluntary state data integration means some states may not participate, creating uneven coverage of block grant opportunities across the country.
- Requires ongoing maintenance and updates; if underfunded or deprioritized post-launch, the dashboard could become stale and less useful than intended.
Who it affects
Ordinary citizens and organizations seeking mental health services or funding gain clearer, centralized access to federal grant opportunities. Reduced search friction and improved transparency lower barriers for schools, nonprofits, and treatment providers to secure public funding for mental health and addiction services.
Named in the bill
Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, Indian Health Service, Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Education, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Labor, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations — and 8 more
Where it stands
5 cosponsors: 4 Democrats, 1 Republicans.
- May 22, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- May 22, 2025 — Referred to Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions”
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How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the full bill text on Jul 2, 2026; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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