2008 CAPP Grant Awards

The Committee for the Advancement of Professional Practice (CAPP) was pleased to award and distribute $590,000.00 in grants to 35 SPTAs in 2008. These grant funds are exclusively derived from the practice assessment paid by licensed psychologists to the APAPO. The grants were awarded to help defray expenses in the areas listed below.

Alabama
Executive Director salary, lobbyist expenses, annual convention, website maintenance and central office operations

Arkansas
Central office operations, executive director salary, CE events, outreach projects, task forces support and website

Council of Provincial Associations of Psychologists (CPAP)
National Advocacy Project and advocacy efforts

California
Leadership training

Colorado
Capstone Group (lobbying services)

Delaware
Executive Director salary

District of Columbia
Executive Director salary, tax auditing expenses and attorney fees

Hawaii
Prescriptive authority initiatives

Idaho
Executive Director salary, advocacy efforts and prescriptive authority initiatives

Kansas
Executive Director salary, membership recruitment, website development, lobbying services and IRS

Kentucky
Efforts to support the passage of the licensure revision legislation

Louisiana
Lobbying services and lobbyist expenses

Maine
Executive salary, lobbying firm and membership drive

Massachusetts
Regional meetings/workshops focusing on psychopharmacology education and advocacy

Mississippi
Executive Director salary, public education/marketing initiatives, lobbyist expenses and grassroots activities

Missouri
Lobbyist services, grassroots activities, marketing, legislative receptions, travel and productions

Montana
Executive Director salary, central office operations, lobbying services and prescriptive authority initiatives

Nebraska
Grassroots efforts

Nevada
Executive Director salary, central office operations, website development and database maintenance

New Hampshire
Changes to NHPA practice laws, grassroots activities and attorney fees

New Mexico
Executive salary, lobbyist services and central office relocation

North Dakota
Central office operations

Ohio
Support for prescriptive authority bill

Oregon
Production of a healthy psychologist video

Rhode Island
Lobbyist services and central office operations

South Carolina
Executive Director salary and central office operations

South Dakota
Central office operations, conference expenses, website maintenance and lobbying services

Tennessee
Prescriptive authority initiatives, lobbyist and mini-conference expenses

Utah
Executive Director salary, central office operations, updated phone equipment and prescription privileges initiatives

Vermont
Advocacy (expert testimony, consultation and reports), grassroots activities and lobbying services

Virgin Islands
Central office operations, website maintenance and bulletin boards

West Virginia
Lobbyist expenses and healthcare education regarding a psychologist’s role

Wisconsin
Media consultant salary and lobbyist services

Wyoming
Executive Director salary, lobbyist services and website maintenance