Back to News Policy Watch: Loan Repayment Program and Title VIII Funding Wednesday, March 11, 2026 | Policy & Advocacy Take Action Today: Ask Your Representatives to support Title VIII Funding House Nursing Caucus leaders are circulating a Dear Colleague Letter urging the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies to provide $610 million for Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development programs in Fiscal Year 2027. The deadline for your federal Representative to sign on is Friday, March 20. Click here to send a message today. In Case You Missed It Deadline Tomorrow: The Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program is available to Registered Nurses and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses working at an eligible public or private Critical Shortage Facility or Nurse Faculty employed at an eligible school of nursing. Click here to apply by Thursday, March 12, at 7:30 pm (ET). On March 2, AACN submitted comments to the Department of Education in response to a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking strongly requesting that the Department explicitly include post-baccalaureate nursing programs in its definition of “professional degree” programs as it implements the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. On March 3, AACN was one of 552 organizations that signed onto an Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research statement recommending at least $51.303 billion for the National Institutes of Health in Fiscal Year 2027. View all updates from Policy Watch