Archived Information Updates from Education Policy

Advocacy

• Education Advocacy Grassroots Activities Update (5/06)

• Education Advocacy Trust Frequently Asked Questions Brochure (9/05)

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Aging

• Information Update: Graduate Psychology Education/Graduate Training in Geropsychology Funding Initiative (9/02)

• Information Update: In a Tough Budget Year Psychology Wins Big! (8/02)

• APA Holds Congressional Briefing on Geropsychology (4/02)

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Bureau of Health Professions (BHPr)

• At the APA Convention Psychologists Learn About Funding Opportunities at the Bureau of Health Professions (10/05)

• Serve the Underserved, Pay off Unpaid Loans: How the NHSC Loan Repayment Program Works for Everyone (10/05)

• Update on GPE Authorization Efforts (6/03)

• Background on BHPr (1/03)

• Talking Points: For Meeting with Members of Congress (1/03)

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Budget and Appropriations Information

• Appropriations Update from the Education Public Policy Office (10/05)

• At the APA Convention Psychologists Learn About Funding Opportunities at the Bureau of Health Professions (10/05)

• Senate Restores GPE & Other Health Professions Funding (7/05)

• The President's FY 2006 Health Professions Education Budget (3/05)

• FY 2006 Funding Graduate Psychology Education (GPE) Program & Bureau of Health Professions (BHPr) Programs (12/05)

• Detailed Information on Education and Health Professions Programs Funded in the FY2005 Omnibus Bill (12/04)

• FY2005 Funding Finalized (12/04)

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Child Healthcare Crisis Relief Act

• Child Healthcare Crisis Relief Act (5/06)

• Synopsis of the Child Heath Care Crisis Relief Act (4/05)

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Defense Graduate Psychology Education (D-GPE)

• Defense Graduate Psychology Education Helps US Service Members and Their Families (1/06)

• Defense GPE Program Gets $4 Million in House Defense Bill (6/05)

• Department of Defense: Graduate Psychology Education Program White Paper (2005)

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Education Appropriations

• Appropriations Bills to Move Forward (5/06)

• Final FY 2006 Education Appropriations (1/06)

• Republicans Rally for Increase in Education Funding: AERA Article - Appropriators Stand Up for Education (4/05)

• The President's FY 2006 Health Professions Education Budget (3/05)

• Detailed Information on Education and Health Professions Programs Funded in the FY2005 Omnibus Bill (12/04)

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Education PPO Events

• ELC Participants Advance their Advocacy Skills and Promote Psychology on Capitol Hill (10/05)

• At the APA Convention Psychologists Learn About Funding Opportunities at the Bureau of Health Professions (10/05)

• ELC Honors Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. (10/05)

• Rear Admiral Donald Weaver Speaks at this Year's Convention Education Advocacy Breakfast (10/05)

• Convention Training: Making a Difference for Psychology (10/05)

• Advocacy Leaders Recognized for their Contribution: Luncheon Celebrates Distinguished Service on Behalf of APA Education Advocacy (9/05)

• Graduate Psychology Education Program Grantees Participate in the BHPr's First All-Grantee Conference (7/05)

• Advancing Counseling Psychology at the Council of Counseling Psychology Training Programs Midwinter Meeting (3/05)

• Senator Jack Reed Receives APA Award at the University of Rhode Island (11/04)

• Congressman Danny Davis Headlines Annual Education Advocacy Breakfast (9/04)

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Elementary and Secondary Education

• Archived information and news on ESEA

• Advancing Counseling Psychology at the Council of Counseling Psychology Training Programs Midwinter Meeting (3/05)

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Federal Education Programs Appropriations

• Republicans Rally for Increase in Education Funding: AERA Article - Appropriators Stand Up for Education (4/05)

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Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act 

• Campus Suicide Prevention Grants Update (5/06)

• APA CEO Norman Anderson sends OMB a Letter Requesting Full Funding for the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act (1/06)

• Grants for College Suicide Prevention Announced by SAMHSA (9/05)

• SAMHSA Allocates $1.5 million for Campus Mental and Behavioral Health Initiative (2/05)

• Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act Funding Alert: Bill Sponsors Urge SAMHSA Administrator Curie to fund campus mental health grants (12/04)

• Request for Help in Placing Op Eds RE: Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act (12/04)

• The President Signs the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act (10/04)

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Graduate Psychology Education (GPE) 

• FY 2007 GPE Funding Update (5/06)

• FY 2006 Funding Graduate Psychology Education (GPE) Program & Bureau of Health Professions (BHPr) Programs (12/05)

• The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the GPE Advocacy Initiative (9/05)

• Senate Restores GPE & Other Health Professions Funding (7/05)

• Graduate Psychology Education Program Grantees Participate in the BHPr's First All-Grantee Conference (7/05)

• House Appropriations Mark Requests No Funding for 2006 for GPE Program (6/05)

• Graduate Psychology Education Program Experiences a Setback in House Subcommittee Recommendation (6/05)

• Defense GPE Program Gets $4 Million in House Defense Bill (6/05)

• February Monitor Article on Bolstering Training in Psychology's Underserved Area (2/05)

• January Monitor Article on Expanding Geropsychology Training Through GPE (1/04)

• BIG VICTORY FOR PSYCHOLOGY! (7/03)

• HRSA Announces the FY2003 General GPE Grantees (6/03)

• Important Update Regarding GPE FY 2003 Funding (6/03)

• The Latest Information on the Three A's of GPE - Appropriations/Authorization/Application (6/03)

• Congress More than Doubles Funding for GPE (2/03)

• Update on FY 2003 GPE Appropriations (1/03)

• Graduate Psychology Education Program Authority (1/03)

• GPE Funding: Lessons Learned an Article by Richard Zweig (2003)

• GPE Appropriations White Paper (2003)

• List of 2002 GPE Awardees (12/02)

• The Impact of Continuing Resolutions on Graduate Psychology Education by Evan Knisely, Van Scoyoc Associates (11/02)

• Information Update: Graduate Psychology Education/Graduate Training in Geropsychology Funding Initiative (11/02)

• Bureau of Health Professions NEW Graduate Psychology Education Program (11/02)

• Agency Official Speaks on the First Federal Psychology Education & Training Program (9/02)

• Information Update: In a Tough Budget Year Psychology Wins Big! (8/02)

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Higher Education Act

• Update: Higher Education Act Reauthorization (5/06)

• Higher Education Act: A Work in Progress (9/05)

• Higher Education Affordability and Equity Act of 2005: HR 1380 (4/05)

• HR 3412 - Rep. Phil English's “Higher Education Affordability and Equity Act” (10/04)

• Higher Education Act Update: Congress Tackles Student Loan Debt and Other Important Federal Financial Aid Issues with a Variety of Solutions (6/04)
  

• House Passes the “Ready to Teach” Act: Legislation Includes APA Recommended Language on Teaching Skills (6/03)
  
  
• APA's Recommendations for the Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act [PDF format] (6/03)
  
  
• Action Alert: Act Now to Support Child Mental Health Services (6/03)

• PA Submits Recommendation on the Reauthorization of the Highr Education Act (1/03)

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History of Mental and Behavioral Health Services

http://www.apa.org/ppo/education/history.html

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Institute of Education Sciences (formerly the Office of Educational Research and Improvement)

• Reauthorization of the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (11/02)
  
  
• Senate HELP Committee Passes its Version of the Reauthorization of OERI (10/02)
  
  
• U.S. Senate Moving Forward in Effort to Complete Action on the Reauthorization of OERI (9/02)
  
  
• OERI Information Update (6/02)
  
  
• APA Recommendations to the Senate on the OERI's Reauthorization (5/02)
  
  
• APA Recommendations to the House of Representatives on OERI's Reauthorization (3/02)

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National Health Service Corps (NHSC)

• Serve the Underserved, Pay off Unpaid Loans: How the NHSC Loan Repayment Program Works for Everyone (10/05)

• FY 2004 Appropriations Update: National Health Service Corps: Behavioral and Mental Health Services Recognized (7/03)
  
  
• Openings for Psychologists in Underserved Areas (Loan Repayment Provided) ~ Apply to the National Health Service Corps by March 28th (2/03)
  
  
• Monitor Article on the National Health Service Corps Scholarship and Loan Repayment Program (1/03)
  
  
• Big Win for Psychology Safety Net Legislation (11/02)
  
  
• National Health Service Corp Reauthorization (11/02)
  
  
• National Health Service Corps Hosts Three Mental Health Summits (1/01)

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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

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Other

• What to Watch for

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