Expand the mental health workforce.

Lauren continues to advance legislation in order to: Expand the mental health workforce

Commits to pursue legislation that grows the mental health workforce.

Healthcare Costs - Underwood for Congress
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Recognizing the strain of the pandemic on young people, Lauren secured a 700% increase in school-based mental health care. Additionally, Lauren brought over $1M to IL-14 colleges to train school-based mental health providers. ... Lauren continues to advance legislation in order to: Expand the mental health workforce.

The campaign site explicitly claims Underwood secured major school-based mental health funding and is continuing to pursue legislation to expand the mental health workforce.

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Healthcare Costs - Underwood for Congress
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The Child Suicide Prevention and Lethal Means Safety Act would provide funding for evidence-based training on youth suicide prevention to current and future health care professionals. Additionally, the bill creates a centralized database of resources where at-risk youth and their families, medical and nursing schools, and health care professionals can turn to for best practices in suicide prevention.

Underwood introduced legislation that would train current and future health care professionals, a concrete step toward expanding the mental health workforce pipeline, though the bill was not shown here to have become law.

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Underwood, Schrier, Schatz Introduce Legislation to Address Youth Mental Health Crisis
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Representative Lauren Underwood ... introduced the Child Suicide Prevention Act, legislation that would address suicide among children and young adults by providing evidence-based training to current and future health care professionals.

A later Underwood-led mental health bill again focuses on training current and future providers, reinforcing sustained legislative effort on workforce expansion.

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Underwood, Schrier, Schatz Introduce Legislation to Address Youth Mental Health Crisis | Representative Lauren Underwood
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