OADN continues our federal advocacy on your behalf as a member of the Nursing Community Coalition, where we work to ensure that nurses are supported and that nursing education is funded.

NCC Statement on the Senate Appropriations Committee’s FY 2025 Bipartisan Spending Bill
On August 6, the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) issued a statement commending the Senate Appropriations Committee for maintaining funding for nursing education, workforce development, and research by advancing their fiscal year (FY) 2025 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education bill. Unlike the House proposal that cuts and consolidates key programs, this bipartisan bill preserves the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Diversity Program, increases total funding for Title VIII programs, and provides level funding for the National Institute of Nursing Research.

NCC Sends Comment Letter to FDA on the Importance of Nursing Representation on Federal Advisory Committees
On August 13, forty-nine members of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) signed onto a comment letter urging the Food and Drug Administration to ensure that nurses are among those represented within federal advisory committees, taskforces, and councils.

NCC Sends Comment Letter to House Energy and Commerce Committee on Proposed NIH Reform Framework
On August 16, all sixty-four members of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) signed onto a comment letter to Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, in response to the recently released proposal to reform the National Institutes of Health. These comments underscore the rich history of the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), outline the important work of our nurse researchers and scientists, and urge Congress to preserve NINR as an independent institute within NIH.