Policy Watch: Support Title VII Funding and Scholarship Deadline

Take Action: Ask your Senators to Support Title VIII Funding by Signing a Dear Colleague Letter

Senate Nursing Caucus Co-Chair Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) is currently circulating a Dear Colleague Letter urging the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies to provide the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs with $610 million for Fiscal Year 2027. Click here to ask your Senators to sign onto this Dear Colleague letter before the April 17 deadline.

Deadline: Apply for the Title VIII Nurse Corps Scholarship Program

The Nurse Corps Scholarship Program provides scholarships to nursing students in exchange for a minimum two-year, full-time service commitment (or part-time equivalent) at an eligible healthcare facility with a critical shortage of nurses. Click here for the toolkit and click here to learn more and submit an application before the deadline of Thursday, April 9, 7:30 p.m. (ET).

In Case You Missed It

• On March 23, AACN signed onto a Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) letter thanking Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Representative Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14) for introducing the Future Advancement of Academic Nursing (FAAN) Act (S.3435/ H.R.6607), which would invest $1 billion into accredited schools and help ensure the next generation of nursing leaders are available to meet healthcare demand.
• On March 17, AACN signed onto a Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) letter thanking Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-01) for introducing the bipartisan Nurse Faculty Shortage Reduction Act (S.3707/H.R.7279), which would provide much needed grant funding to help recruit and retain nursing faculty and clinical preceptors.

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