Grants History
Explore how ASPPB's grants empower psychology regulatory boards to enhance public safety and advance the profession.
For more than two decades, the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB) has received various grants from the Health and Resources Service Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. HRSA focuses on improving healthcare access by identifying needs within the healthcare workforce and by providing healthcare to people who are geographically isolated and economically or medically vulnerable.
Licensure Portability Grant Program
Since 2012, ASPPB has received a total of $2 million from HRSA’s Office for the Advancement of Telemedicine to support the implementation of ASPPB’s universal application and credentials verification service (PLUS®). Those grants also supported the development and implementation of the telepsychology compact (PSYPACT®).
PLUS® is an online system that allows individuals to apply for licensure, certification, or registration in any participating state, province, or territory in the United States or Canada. During the PLUS® application process, ASPPB compiles required documents and verifies primary sources. ASPPB sends that information to licensing boards in one organized, uniform licensure packet. The process benefits participating licensing boards because it reduces the workload associated with collecting application materials. With PLUS®, those materials are stored and can be used by individuals when they apply for licensure in any PLUS®-participating jurisdiction. Learn more about PLUS®.
PSYPACT® provides the regulatory guidelines and infrastructure for the interstate compact among states that enables qualifying psychology professionals to practice telehealth and temporary in-person, face-to-face psychology across state lines. An interstate compact carries the force of statutory law and allows states to perform a certain actions, observe certain standards, and cooperate in a critical policy areas. PSYPACT® also addresses issues related to the ethical and legal practice of telepsychology. Learn more about PSYPACT®.
In May 2019, HRSA awarded ASPPB a new HRSA federal grant to address the regulatory research needs of the psychology profession. The grant provided nearly $1.25 million in federal funding over five years to establish a psychology-licensure-focused research center. With that support, ASPPB established the Centre for Data and Analysis on Psychology Licensure to support psychology licensing boards in making informed licensure decisions using consistent data gathering, analysis, and reporting.
Coronavirus Licensure Portability Grant Program In May 2020, HRSA awarded ASPPB $2.5 million in federal funding to support the 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES). ASPPB directed those funds to its Licensure Portability Grantee Program an initiative designed to prevent, prepae for, and respond to COVID-19 through telehealth access and infrastructure. Learn more about the Multi-Disciplinary Licensure Research Project (MDLR).
Have specific questions about grants? Email Janet Orwig or call 678-216-1188.