2009 Public Interest Advocacy
- Dolores Subia BigFoot, PhD Introduction to the Senate Committee
APA Member Dolores Subia BigFoot, PhD, Director of the Indian Country Child Trauma Center and Project Making Medicine at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, testified on behalf of APA before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on the 7th Generation Promise: Indian Youth Suicide Prevention Act of 2009.
- Dolores Subia BigFoot, PhD Written Testimony to the Senate Committee
- APA Works with Coalition to Urge Congress to Expand the Eldercare Workforce as Part of Health Reform
The Eldercare Workforce Alliance (EWA) coordinated an exciting federal advocacy day to urge Congress to expand and enhance the health care workforce for older adults as part of federal health reform efforts.
- PI-GRO Letter to the Senate Finance Committee
- National Health Care Reform Advocacy Letters
- APA Response to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions’ Draft Health Care Reform Legislation
- 35th Anniversary of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA)
- The Juvenile Court and JJDPA
- Developmental and Neuroscientific Perspectives
- Mental Health and Substance Abuse Issues
- Resolution on Families of Incarcerated Offenders
- Policy Update--May 2009
- PI-GRO supports National Criminal Justice Commission Act
- PI-GRO Letter in Support of the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009
- PI-GRO Marks the Introduction of S. 1404, the Supporting Child Maltreatment Prevention Efforts in Community Health Centers Act of 2009
- Supporting Child Maltreatment Prevention Efforts in Community Health Centers Act
- APA Letter of Support to The Honorable Daniel K. Inouye
- Supporting Child Maltreatment Prevention Efforts in Community Health Centers Act of 2009 (S1404)--Section-by-Section Analysis
- Senate Finance Committee Votes to Fund Comprehensive Sex Education
- APA Letter to U.S. House Representative Ellen Tauscher in Support of H.R. 1283, the Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 (PDF, 75KB)
- APA Letter to U.S. House Representative Jerrold Nadler in Support of H.R. 1024, the Uniting American Families Act of 2009 (PDF, 21KB)
- APA Letter to U.S. House Representative Patrick Murphy in Support of H.R. 1283, the Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 (PDF, 33KB)
- APA Letter to U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy in Support of S. 424, the Uniting American Families Act of 2009 (PDF, 21KB)
- APA Response to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions’ Draft Health Care Reform Legislation (PDF, 175KB)
- PI-GRO Letter to the Senate Finance Committee (PDF, 245KB)
- Supporting a Healthier Workplace: Workplace Flexibility and Mental Health and Wellness (PDF, 57KB)
- Supporting Child Maltreatment Prevention Efforts in Community Health Centers Act of 2009--Factsheet (PDF, 33KB)
- Supporting Child Maltreatment Prevention Efforts in Community Health Centers Act of 2009--Summary (PDF, 39KB)
- Written Statement on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law On Human Rights (PDF, 129KB)
