Nursing Community Monthly Roundup - December 2019
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December 2020
The Nursing Community Sends aLetter with Updated FY 2020 Funding Requests
On December 5, all 63 members of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) signed onto a letter to House and Senate appropriators reiterating our updated funding requests of at least $259.472 million, or up to $279.472 million, for existing Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs, which is aligned with the House-passed Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (LHHS-ED) appropriations bill and at least $172.417 million for the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR, National Institutes of Health) as outlined in the Senate-proposed LHHS-ED appropriations bill in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020.
President Signs FY 2020 Appropriations Bills into Law
On December 20, the Nursing Community Coalition released a statement thanking the House and Senate for passing, and the President for signing, H.R. 1865, the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, which included increases to both Title VIII and NINR. More information on funding levels for fiscal year (FY) 2020 click here.
Events & Meetings:
Thanks to all who joined us at the NCC Holiday Luncheon! We were happy to be joined by 7 Congressional staffers.
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