AACN's Latest Advocacy, Coalition, and Policy Efforts
May 28: AACN signed onto a Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) letter thanking the leaders of the House and Senate Nursing Caucuses for introducing a bipartisan and bicameral resolution, S.Res.206 and H.Res.389, which honors and recognizes May 6 through 12, 2025 as National Nurses Week.
May 27: AACN joined with a coalition of nursing associations in response to an FTC request for comment on reducing anti-competitive regulatory barriers. The comment letter highlights regulatory barriers that prevent APRNs from practicing to the full extent of their education and clinical training and suggests key approaches to removing these barriers.
May 22: AACN signed onto a Friends of the Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant letter to the leadership of the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies supporting at least $1 billion for the Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Services Block Grant in FY 2026.
May 20: AACN signed onto a letter to the leadership of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees supporting funding for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Institute of Justice to conduct public health research into firearm morbidity and mortality prevention.
May 14: AACN signed onto a letter to the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS-ED) urging them to support at least $420.85 million for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s National Center for Environmental Health in the FY 2026 LHHS-ED Appropriations bill.
May 14: AACN joined with a broad coalition of higher education organizations in a statement calling upon the Trump Administration to protect and renew the longstanding partnership between the federal government and colleges and universities.
May 13: AACN signed onto a letter to the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS-ED) urging them to reject the elimination of the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which was outlined in the Administration’s FY 2026 budget proposal.