; (iii) trauma or maltreatment; (iv) social exclusion; (v) discrimination; and (vi) exposure to, and displacement by, war or conflict; (B) these risk factors, along with demographic risk factors, manifest at all stages in life; (C) preliminary research illustrates that the COVID–19 pandemic— (i) has increased the risk factors affecting communities, families, and individuals for multiple types of adversity; and (ii) compounded preexisting conditions and vulnerabilities. (6) According to a Lancet Commission report— (A) allocations for mental health have never risen above 1 percent of health-related global development assistance; and (B) child and adolescent mental health services receive an estimated 0.1 percent of health-related global development assistance. (b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) helping to ensure that individuals have the opportunity to thrive and reach their fullest potential is a critical component of effective and sustainable international development efforts; (2) mental health is integral and essential to overall health outcomes and other development objectives; (3) mental health is an issue of critical and growing importance for United States development and humanitarian assistance programs that requires coordinated efforts to ensure that programming funded by the United States Government is evidence-based, culturally competent, and trauma-informed; (4) the relevant United States Government development and humanitarian assistance strategies should include a mental health and psychosocial support component; (5) the redesign of USAID— (A) reflects the nexus between humanitarian and development interventions; and (B) should be applied to all mental health and psychosocial support efforts of United States development and humanitarian assistance programs