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Public Policy - Ethnic Minority Affairs The APA Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs has a long history of commitment to forging and maintaining an APA ethnic minority legislative advocacy agenda involving collaboration with the APA Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs and the APA Public Interest Government Relations Office. This web site provides tools, resources and information for psychologists and others interested in the application of psychological knowledge and research to the development and implementation of effective public policies and programs for communities of color at the local, state and federal levels. APA Congressional Briefings Sheets The Mental Health Needs of Immigrants Support for Behavioral & Social Science Research Needed to Eliminate Health Disparities Minority Fellowship Program Indian Health Service: Mental Health/Alcohol and Substance Abuse Programs APA Amicus Briefs Comfort v. Lynn (Re: Voluntary school desegregation plan.) Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger (Re: University of Michigan’s consideration of race in student admissions). Articles Communiqué Legislative Updates by PI/GRO staff August 2006 Legislative Update Interim Report of the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health Released July 2002 Legislative Update March 2003 Legislative Update SPSSI Takes The Hill February 2002 Legislative Update January 2005 Legislative Update July 2004 Legislative Update March 2004 Legislative Update Top Ten Reasons Why Behavioral and Social Science Research is Needed to Eliminate Health Disparities Advocacy Articles Hearing on the Measurement of Health Disparities in Racial and Ethnic Populations 3 2003 Social Justice and Psychology – Keynote Address by Congressman Bobby L. Rush 3 2006 DREAM Act Introduced! 7 2003 Supreme Court Upholds Diversity as a ‘Compelling State Interest' in University of Michigan Admissions Cases July 2005 Legislative Update 3 2002 The California Latino Policy Roundtable 3 2006 Addressing Disparities in Immigrant Women's Reproductive Health and Health Care 7 2002 Temporary Assistance to Needy Families TANF Program July 2003 Legislative Update Public Interest Government Relations Office PI/GRO Ethnic Minority Issues Ethnic Minority Congressional Caucuses Asian Caucus Black Caucus a. Native American Caucus b. Native American Caucus Hispanic Caucus Resources Senate House of Representatives