Activism Alert: Help keep 22 psychology interns from being set back in their licensure by 2 years

Dear Allies of Psychology Graduate Students,

You may have heard by now about the serious internship funding situation in New York. Governor Cuomo's administration has sent termination notices to over 3000 temporary and contract positions in state psychiatric facilities. Included in this cut are 22 psychology interns at five facilities, who are pursuing their doctoral internships required for graduation. These internships constitute formal agreements between the NY state facilities and doctoral programs from across the country. The affected interns were informed of this pending action on September 28, 2011, and the termination date is October 19. As you can imagine, this is devastating to the psychology graduate students affected. This could potentially delay their graduation by 2 years, as it is effectively too late to apply for an internship for next year’s cycle.

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