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The Public Interest Government Relations Office (PI-GRO) actively engages in shaping federal policy to promote psychology in the public interest. Issue areas include: aging; children, youth, and families; individuals with disabilities; ethnic minority affairs; HIV/AIDS; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender issues; socioeconomic status; and women’s issues. Learn more

What’s New

Eating Disorders and Obesity Prevention


Postpartum Depression: PI-GRO Advocates for the Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act


Transition Youth With Serious Mental Illness: Congressional Briefing


APA proudly supports Children's Mental Health Awareness Day


The Department of Education will be holding public meetings in May on its proposed regulations for Title I of the No Child left Behind Act. For more information, please visit the Federal Register.
APA’s Letter to the House Committee on Education and Labor and the Senate Committee on the Judiciary regarding APA priorities for the reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act. Read More


Mental Health Month Events

May 15 Congressional Briefing on Meeting the Mental Health Needs of an Aging America: Opportunities and Challenges for Federal Policy, co-sponsored by American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, APA, National Association of Social Workers, and Older Women’s League.

May 22 Congressional Briefing on Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Service Members, Veterans, and their Families: Innovative Strategies for Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery, co-sponsored by APA, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, and Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America

APA Monitor

Making disability issues a priority

Monitor on PsychologyAPA staff and members work to ensure that disability issues are reflected in public policy and research agendas. Learn more



President's budget is grim for psychology

Monitor on PsychologyThe administration seeks to cut many psychology-friendly programs. Learn more




Past articles


For Immediate Release: House Passes Bill to Stop Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens


Read the New PI-GRO Fact Sheet on Eating Disorders

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