S. 5365 explained  ·  119th Congress  ·  Pending in Congress

Community Mental Wellness Worker Training Act

Create a free account or sign in to follow S. 5365 and get alerts. Policy area: Health Create a free account or sign in to follow the Health policy area and get alerts. ▲ 73 days since action Sponsor: Cory A. Booker, NJ-Senate, D → Congress.gov

Cosponsors: none · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-14

Introduced: 2026-08-07

Latest action (2026-08-07): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

What S. 5365 does, in plain terms

The Congressional Research Service has not published a summary of S. 5365 yet. Its official title: “Community Mental Wellness Worker Training Act”.

Constitution Index

“VFA Constitution grade”

Not graded yet

S. 5365 has not been graded yet. New measures with an official summary are graded daily under the published rubric.

What should pass

“VFA SI Solution”

Read full document →

Archived SI output (machine-generated) · No editorial review recorded

This historical draft has no editorial review time on record. Check its claims against the original bill and current law.

Community Mental Health Workforce Training Block Grant Act of 2025

Generated by VFA SI Solutions

Increase the number of trained community mental wellness workers by authorizing federal grants to train them, addressing the shortage of mental health professionals in underserved areas.

Bipartisan rationale: Democratic priorities: Expands mental health workforce in underserved communities, uses federal funding to address a public health crisis. Republican priorities: Preserves state control over training and hiring, avoids federal mandates, includes a sunset and spending cap, uses existing funds rather than new taxes.

Funding: 5% of unobligated balances from the Public $500 million per year for five Sunset 5y Oversight: HHS Office of Inspector Genera Enforcement: If a state does not expend at least
→ Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (Spending Clause – general welfare) → Tenth Amendment (reserving powers to states) → South Dakota v. Dole (483 U.S. 203) – spending must be for general welfare, unambiguous, related to federal interest, and not coercive

Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 Amendment X

Brief for congressional offices →

Report an error in this Solution
No account needed. Or email hello@valuesforamerica.com. How reports are handled.

Citizen Consensus

“Do you support this VFA SI Solution?”

One vote per verified account; you can change it any time. Only verified accounts count, results publish once 30 verified people have voted, and state and district results count only people who attested a home ZIP code. How this works.

Email verification is not switched on yet, so no vote counts toward results yet. Votes cast now are saved and count once the voter verifies their email address.

Add a short reason (optional)

/280 · no links or contact details · reasons are reviewed before anyone sees them, and many never are shown.

Your vote is saved but held out of published results by an automated integrity check (for example, several accounts voting from one browser).

Your vote is saved. It will count once you verify your email address. Verify on your account page.

Your vote counts nationally. Add your home ZIP code to count in your state and district too.

Your vote counts nationally and in .

Reason saved privately; it is shown only if it passes review.

A sudden surge of votes on this item was flagged and is under review; votes from new accounts in that surge are held out until it is resolved.

National, state and district results →

Share card

1200×675 PNG for X, Threads, LinkedIn and messages. Free to share with a link back to this page.

For journalists and bloggers

“Embed this grade”

Free to use with the link back. The badge and card update when the grade changes. Embed terms →

VFA Constitution grade for S. 5365

← Back to the Republic