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APA Services urges Congress to finalize the National Institutes of Health funding by year’s end

November 9, 2026

In a joint letter, National Institutes of Health (NIH) stakeholders urge Congress to finalize research funding by year’s end, warning that delays could stall research, strain early-career scientists, and slow progress toward new treatments
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Calling on the National Institutes of Health to make sharing research results a standard practice

November 9, 2026

APA outlined recommendations for providing research participants with clear, accessible study findings while advancing transparency and public engagement
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Harmful changes to Public Service Loan Forgiveness program blocked

November 9, 2026

The Trump administration will no longer defend a rule that would have restricted PSLF eligibility for certain public-sector and nonprofit employers
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The Government Accountability Office finds HHS illegally withheld more than $78 million from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

October 20, 2026

Misallocation of millions of dollars by the Department of Health and Human Services raises urgent concerns for health services research
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Calling for transparency in the National Institutes of Health peer review

October 20, 2026

NIH’s proposed peer review system replacing numerical scores with broad categories could limit useful feedback and make funding decisions harder to evaluate
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Protecting Head Start’s mental health and developmental supports

October 20, 2026

APA Services opposed changes to Head Start that would weaken the evidence-based standards that support children’s mental health, development, safety, and access to services
The 2026–27 congressional policy fellows.

Announcing APA’s 2026–27 congressional policy fellows

October 9, 2026

Fellows are serving in the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives
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Advocating on Capitol Hill for continued NIH investment

October 8, 2026

At the 2026 Rally for Medical Research, psychology advocates urged Congress to sustain NIH investment in mental health research, scientific training, and lifesaving discoveries
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Opposing the Department of Education’s accreditation proposal

October 6, 2026

APA Services urged the department to pursue targeted accreditation reforms without weakening discipline-specific review, disrupting psychology education and training, or worsening the behavioral health workforce shortage
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Centering psychological science to address Black women and work with Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls

October 6, 2026

APA Services is mobilizing to support and protect the future of behavioral and mental health support for Black women and girls