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.

Advocacy & Engagement 

NCC Statement on the President’s Fiscal Year 2026 Budget
On June 3, the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) released a statement strongly opposing the severe cuts made to key domestic and health care programs, including the proposed elimination of the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) and language around potential cuts to Title VIII Nursing Workforce Programs in the Administration’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget.

NCC Submits Testimony to Senate Appropriation LHHS-ED Subcommittee
On June 4, sixty-three members of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) signed onto written testimony submitted to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (LHHS-ED). The testimony featured the coalition’s funding requests of at least $530 million for the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs and at least $210 million for the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), as well as preserving NINR as an independent Institute within NIH in FY 2026.

NCC Thanks Representative Courtney and Senator Baldwin for Introducing the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act
On June 9, fifty-four members of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) signed onto a letter thanking Representative Joe Courtney (D-CT-02) and Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) for introducing the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act (H.R.2531/S.1232).

NCC Thanks Members of Congress for Introducing the Nurse Corps Tax Parity Act of 2025
On June 12, fifty-five members of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) sent a letter to Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Roger Wicker (R-MS), along with Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), Mike Thompson (D-CA-04), and Jen Kiggans (R-VA-02), thanking them for introducing the bipartisan, bicameral Nurse Corps Tax Parity Act of 2025 (S.1548/H.R.3145).

NCC Thanks Representatives Walberg and Courtney for Introducing Legislation that Improves Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers
On June 23, fourty-seven members of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) signed onto a letter thanking House Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI-05) and Congressman Joe Courtney (D-CT-02) for introducing the Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act (H.R.3170), as well as urging its passage this Congress. This bipartisan legislation would update the federal workers’ compensation program and authorize NPs to certify disabilities and oversee treatment for injured or ill federal employees under the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA).

NCC Sends Letter Welcoming NINR Interim Director, Dr. Courtney Aklin
On June 30, the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) sent a letter welcoming the Interim Director of the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), Dr. Courtney Aklin. The NCC has a long tradition of working with NINR by supporting the work of nurse scientists, advocating for investments in research and future researchers, and sharing the Institute’s foundational work to improve healthcare delivery across the care continuum.