AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY

Advocate for the continued and increased funding of the SAMHSA Minority Fellowship Program for FY 2025 for Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies

Advocate for the creation of an occupational series classification for marriage and family therapists.

Full implementation of and improvement of law allowing licensed marriage and family therapists to serve as providers in facilities operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs - Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 (H.R. 8580). Advocating for passage of H.R. 8165 - the VA Marriage and Family Therapists Equity Act - legislation that would allow more MFTs in the VA to serve as supervisors.

Outreach to CMS to advocate for the implementation of a provision in the Consolidation Appropriations Act, 2023, (P.L. 117-328), which adds Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists as Medicare-eligible providers, effective January 2024.

Advocate for the continued and increased funding of the SAMHSA Minority Fellowship Program for FY 2024. H.R. 2882 - Further Consolidations Appropriations Act of 2024