AACN's Latest Advocacy, Coalition, and Policy Efforts
August 19: AACN signed onto a healthcare community sign-on letter to the leadership of the House Energy and Commerce and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committees. The letter urged the Committees to consider and advance legislation reauthorizing the Title VII Health Professions and Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs before the end of fiscal year 2025 on September 30th, 2025.
August 19: AACN signed onto a Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) letter to all members of Congress urging them to take action on top legislative and appropriations priorities impacting our nursing schools, faculty, students, and researchers.
August 11: AACN signed onto a letter led by Families USA urging Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kennedy to preserve the structure and membership of the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).
July 30: AACN signed onto a Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee urging full support for the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs and the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) in fiscal year (FY) 2026. This includes a request of least $530 million for Title VIII, $210 million in for NINR, and preserving NINR as an independent Institute within NIH in FY 2026. This letter comes as the Committee prepares to mark up the Senate FY 2026 Labor, Health and Humans Services, Education, and Related Agencies bill.
July 25: AACN signed onto a letter led by the Committee for Education Funding, Coalition on Human Needs, Coalition for Health Funding, and Campaign to Invest in America’s Workforce to the leadership of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees. The letter urges the Committees to increase funding for various health, education, and workforce programs in the Fiscal Year 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies appropriations bill.
July 14: AACN signed onto a Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) letter thanking the Senators and Representatives who introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2025 (S.1874/H.R.3593).
July 14: AACN sent a letter to Representative Judy Chu (D-CA-27) and Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) thanking them for introducing the Protecting Our Students by Terminating Graduate Rates that Add to Debt (POST GRAD) Act (H.R.3711/S.1948).