"Call TODAY for More Child Psychiatrists"

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ACTION ALERT: Important Senate Committee Vote Today  
Ask Your Senator to Support Funding for the Health Resources and Service Administration’s (HRSA) Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program

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Dear Leonard,


One of your Senators is a member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (see list below). This committee will vote on the budget today for the Department of Health and Human Services, including $5 million for HRSA’s Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program.


Background: President Obama’s 2013 budget allocated $5 million to HRSA to fund a pediatric specialty loan repayment program.  This new program would provide loan repayment to child and adolescent psychiatrists of up to $35,000 per year, for up to two years, for those who work in a medically underserved area.


Call your Senator’s office TODAY and ask them to support the $5 million appropriation for the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Pediatric Loan Repayment Program.

Don't live in one of the states below? Please forward this email to your friends in support of this important legislation.

State	Senator	Phone Number
Alabama	Richard Selby	202-224-5744
Arkansas	Mark Pryor	202-224-2353
Hawaii	Daniel Inouye	202-224-3934
Illinois	Richard Durbin	202-224-2151
Illinois	Mark Kirk	202-224-2854
Iowa	Tom Harkin	202-224-3254
Kansas	Jerry Moran	202-224-6521
Louisiana	Mary Landrieu	202-224-5824
Maryland	Barbara Mikulski	202-224-4654
Ohio	Sherrod Brown	202-224-2315
Rhode Island	Jack Reed	202-224-4642
South Carolina	Lindsey Graham	202-224-5972
Tennessee	Lamar Alexander	202-224-4944
Texas	Kay Bailey Hutchison	202-224-5922
Washington	Patty Murray	202-224-2621
Wisconsin	Herb Kohl	202-224-5653
Wisconsin	Ron Johnson	202-224-5323

Talking Points:

• There is a severe shortage of child and adolescent psychiatrists.  As more and more children are diagnosed with serious physical and mental health conditions, the number of subspecialists available to treat them is diminishing.  The nation’s current supply of pediatric specialists is inadequate to meet the needs of America’s children.
  
  
• Throughout the country, children and families often face long wait times to obtain an appointment with a child and adolescent psychiatrist.  Wait times of up to six months are not uncommon for child mental health professionals. For a child with severe mental illness, such as depression, not receiving timely treatment can be life threating.
  
  
• To address the critical shortage of pediatric mental health and pediatric subspecialists, Congress authorized funds for a pediatric subspecialty loan repayment program through the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA). During today’s Labor, Health and Human Services subcommittee markup, please support a $5 million appropriation to fund HRSA’s Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program. 

Thank you for your advocacy efforts. If we raise our voices together, we can truly make a difference in the lives of children with mood disorders. 

Best Regards,

Susan Resko
Executive Director

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