Education Government Relations Office
Part of the Education Directorate, this office seeks to increase federal support for psychology education and training and to promote the application of psychology to education and training.
Key Policy Areas
- Community Health Centers
- Early Childhood, K-12 and Higher Education
- Graduate Psychology Education
- Federal Program Spending
- National Health Service Corps
- Workforce Development
News & Events
- Federal Legislation to Expand Social and Emotional Learning Programs Gains Major Support in Congress
- Final Outcome of Fiscal Year 2012 Appropriations for Education Programs
- Fiscal Year 2012 Appropriations Update
- National Health Service Corps (NHSC) 2012 Loan Repayment Application Now Open!
- Newly Released Statistics Underscore Need for More Qualified Mental Health Professionals
- Action Alert Follow-Up: 22 New York Psychology Interns Funded Due to Your Advocacy!
- FY 2012 Appropriations Update for Graduate Psychology Education Program and Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act
- ELC Participants Advocate for GPE Program on Capitol Hill
- The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Announces $6.2 million in Suicide Prevention Grants to Colleges and Universities
- APA Opposing Elimination of Graduate School Loan Interest Subsidy (PDF, 33KB)
- Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization: APA Leading Efforts to Improve Federal Education Policy
- The State of Mental Health on College Campuses: A Growing Crisis
- Education Advocacy Initiatives & Activities:
Board of Educational Affairs March 2011 Update - The Obama Administration’s Fiscal Year 2012 Health and Human Services Budget — February 2011
- Campus Suicide Prevention Grant Announcement from SAMHSA
- NHSC Loan Repayment Program Application
- Serving Veterans and Unemployed Persons in Underserved Communities
- Support for GPE Program at a Critical Juncture
- HRSA announces Graduate Psychology Education training grantees
- ED GRO Initiatives for Community Health Centers in Health Care Reform
- Path to Passage: Psychology Workforce Provisions in Health Care Reform Law - 2010
- Student/Resident Experiences And Rotations in Community Health (SEARCH)
- NHSC Loan Repayment Program for Part-Time Clinicians
Resources
- Psychology in Primary Care
- Psychologists' Critical Role in Addressing the Trauma of Joblessness
- Psychologists' Role in Meeting the Mental and Behavioral Health Needs of Veterans
- The Critical Need for Mental Health Professionals Trained to Treat PTSD & TBI
- The Critical Need for Psychologists in Rural America
- Caring for the Chronically Ill
- Mental and Behavioral Health and Older Americans
- Addressing the Mental & Behavioral Health Needs of Underserved Populations
Advocacy Efforts
- Over 14 years of success & wins for the APA Education Government Relations Office (PDF, 36KB)
- APA supports federal legislation to expand K-12 social and emotional learning programs
- FY 2011 congressional appropriations request for GPE
- Advancing psychology education and training: A psychologist's guide to federal advocacy (PDF, 397KB)