AACN's Latest Advocacy, Coalition, and Policy Efforts
May 6: AACN signed onto a Nursing Community Coalition letter urging Congress to take action on top appropriations and legislative priorities that impact nursing education, workforce, and research.
May 2 and 3: AACN submitted written testimony for the record to the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (LHHS) requesting at least $530 million for the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs and at least $210 million for the National Institute of Nursing Research for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. AACN also signed onto Nursing Community Coalition written testimony for the record to the House and Senate LHHS Subcommittees making the same request.
April 29: AACN signed onto a Friends of Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant letter urging Congress to include at least $1 billion for this program in any final FY 2025 Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) appropriations package.
April 22: AACN signed onto a Nursing Community Coalition letter to the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies outlining the funding requests of at least $530 million for Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs and at least $210 million for the National Institute of Nursing Research for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025.
April 22: AACN signed onto an American Council on Education comment letter to the Department of Education requesting an extension to the comment period in order to provide the higher education community with sufficient time to analyze and respond to new financial value transparency (FVT) and gainful employment (GE) reporting requirements.