FY25 Appropriations Form Information for the Graduate Psychology Education (GPE) Program
Please use the information below to fill out any FY25 Appropriations Request Forms for Congressional Offices. To see if APA Services has already submitted an Appropriations Request Form for GPE to your Congressional Office, please click here. Please contact Alix Ginsberg with any questions.
| Requesting Organization | APA |
| Request is in which subcommittee? | Labor, Health and Human Services and Education (LHHS-ED) |
| Is this a Congressionally Directed Spending Request? | No |
| Request Type (Program, Bill, or Language) | Language |
| Department | Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) |
| Agency | Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) |
| Sub Agency/Bureau/Office | Bureau of Health Workforce |
| Account | Health Workforce, Mental and Behavioral Health |
| Program/Activity/Title | Graduate Psychology Education (GPE) Program |
| Amount Requested for FY25 | $30 million |
| Amount requested in President's FY2025 Budget Request | N/A - President's FY25 Budget Request hasn't been released |
| How does this request compare to the President's budget? | N/A - President's FY25 Budget Request hasn't been released |
| FY25 Requested Bill/Program Language | N/A |
| Federal Funding History (Full Funding History Below) | FY24: N/A; FY23: $25,000,000; FY22: $20,000,000; FY21: $19,000,000 Note: FY24 Appropriations has not been completed |
| FY24 Requested Report Language | U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Interdisciplinary Community-Based Linkages Mental and Behavioral Health Mental and Behavioral Health Graduate Psychology Education (GPE).—Within the total for Mental and Behavioral Health Programs, the Committee recommendation includes $30,000,000, $5,000,000 above the fiscal year 2023 enacted level, for the interprofessional GPE program to increase the number of health service psychologists trained to provide integrated services to high-need, underserved populations in rural and urban communities. The Committee notes new data from CDC demonstrating a mental health crisis among youth and adolescents and urges HRSA to strengthen investments in the training of health service psychologists to help meet these demands. |
Justification for Request (Sample)
Note: Please personalize this to your State/District as much as possible! | The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Graduate Psychology Education (GPE) Program is the nation’s primary federal program dedicated to the interprofessional education and training of doctoral-level health service psychologists. Established in 2002, GPE has the “two-for-one” benefit of supporting the interprofessional training of psychology graduate students and interns, while also expanding access to mental and behavioral health services for underserved populations in rural and urban communities. An exemplary “two-for-one” federal activity, the program supports the interprofessional training of psychology graduate students and interns while also providing mental and behavioral health services to underserved populations, such as older adults, children, those suffering from chronic illness, veterans, victims of abuse, and those affected by natural disasters. Increased investments to support our nation’s psychological health and emotional well-being are needed now more than ever, as nation continues to face a mental health crisis. |
| Is there a Dear Colleague Letter on this? | There is a DCL typically circulated in both the House and Senate on Title VII Workforce Training Programs. APA can keep you posted on this once the leaders have been identified. |
| Is this request being submitted to other offices? | Yes |
| Has language been included in previous fiscal years? | Yes Senate LHHS-ED title of the FY23 Omni/Joint Explanatory Statement (pg. 13): House FY23 LHHS-ED Report (pg 54): |
Historical GPE Funding Information
| FY24 | |
| Amount Appropriated in FY24 (Final) | TBD |
| FY25 Senate Bill | $25 million |
| FY25 House Bill | N/A |
| FY24 President's Budget Request | $25 million |
| FY23 | |
| Amount Appropriated in FY23 (Final) | $25 million |
| FY23 Senate Bill | $25 million |
| FY23 House Bill | $25 million |
| FY23 President's Budget Request | $25 million |
| FY22 | |
| Amount Appropriated in FY22 (Final) | $20 million |
| FY22 Senate Bill | N/A |
| FY22 House Bill | $25 million |
| FY22 President's Budget Request | $25 million |
| FY21 | |
| Amount Appropriated in FY21 | $19 million |
| FY21 Senate Bill | $18 million (Note: Senate bill was only made public - never considered by Committee) |
| FY21 House Bill | $20 million |
| FY21 President's Budget Request | $18 million |
| FY20 | |
| Amount Appropriated in FY20 (Final) | $18 million |
| FY20 Senate Bill | N/A |
| FY20 House Bill | $18 million |
| FY20 President's Budget Request | $18 million |
