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 Sends Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Appropriations Requests to House and Senate LHHS-ED Appropriations Subcommittees
On March 6, fifty-nine members of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) signed onto a letter to the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies outlining the funding requests of at least $530 million for Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs and at least $210 million for the National Institute of Nursing Research for FY 2024.

NCC Sends Letter to Congress on PHE Waivers
On March 9, fifty-two members of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) signed onto a letter urging Congress to take action to make waivers permanent beyond this Public Health Emergency (PHE).

NCC Statement on the President’s FY 2024 Budget
On March 15, the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) issued a statement supporting increased funding for key domestic and health care programs, such as Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs and the National Institute of Nursing Research, in the Administration’s FY 2024 Budget.

NCC Sends Health Workforce RFI Response to Senate HELP Committee 
On March 20, sixty-three members of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) signed onto a response to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee’s Health Workforce Request for Information (RFI).

NCC Submits Testimony to House Appropriations Subcommittee
On March 23, sixty-one members of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) signed onto written testimony for the record, which was submitted to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. 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 for FY 2024.

88 Representatives Support FY 2024 Funding for Title VIII in House Dear Colleague Letter 
Eighty-eight Representatives signed onto a bipartisan House Dear Colleague letter, requesting $530 million for Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs in FY 2024.