AACAP’s 2022 Legislative Conference will be virtual again this year, with training being held from 3 - 6pm EDT on Thursday, May 5 and Congressional meetings scheduled throughout the day on Wednesday, May 11. Conference registration is FREE, and open to AACAP members only.  We look forward to AACAP members of all career-levels taking part in a key opportunity to meet with Members of Congress and their legislative staff to promote children’s mental health and efforts to support the psychiatric workforce. 

2022 Virtual Legislative Conference

Background Information and Documents

• Agenda
• State Workforce Maps
• Social Media Toolkit

Issue Briefs

• Improving Access to Children’s Behavioral Mental Health Care: Accessing Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists
  • MHLG Letter of Support for the Strengthen Kids’ Mental Health Now Act
• Improving Equity in Access to Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Increasing the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Workforce
  • Mental Health Professionals Workforce Shortage Loan Repayment Act of 2021

• 2022 Virtual Legislative Conference Briefing Slide Deck (PDF)