This resolve requires the Department of Health and Human Services, in collaboration with the Department of Education, to establish the Adverse Childhood Experiences Screening and Resiliency Assessment Pilot Project to administer to public school students screenings for adverse childhood experiences and resiliency assessments in school-based health centers located in Cumberland, Androscoggin and Washington counties. It requires the pilot project to be designed to reach all students within Cumberland, Androscoggin and Washington counties who seek health services at participating school- based health centers. It requires the pilot project to identify at-risk youth, provide early intervention services and offer resources to promote emotional and psychological well-being. It requires the licensed clinical social workers and licensed master social workers participating in the pilot project to obtain training regarding adverse childhood experiences screenings and resiliency assessments and related subjects. The department is directed to report on the pilot project no later than October 1, 2027 to the Joint Standing Committee
43 on Health and Human Services, which is authorized to report out a bill to the Second
44 Regular Session of the 133rd Legislature.