The Nursing Community Coalition
Includes 65 members organizations that are the cross section of education, practice, research, and regulation within the nursing profession. With over four and a half million licensed Registered Nurses (RNs), Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs), and nursing students, the profession embodies the drive and passion to continually improve care for patients, families, and communities. We believe that the healthcare delivery system should be one that promotes wellness, advances research through scientific discovery, and provides timely access to care across the continuum.
NCC Statement on the Department of Education’s Final Rule on Student Loan Limits
The Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) is extremely disappointed to see the exclusion of post-baccalaureate nurses in the professional degree category in the Department of Education’s final rule addressing student loan limits. We remain united in our commitment that nursing needs to be a professional degree.
39 Senators Support FY 2027 Funding for Title VIII in Senate Dear Colleague Letter
Thirty-nine Senators signed onto a Senate Dear Colleague letter requesting $610 million for Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs in FY 2027.
NCC Submits Testimony to House Appropriations LHHS-ED Subcommittee
Fifty-nine members of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) signed onto written testimony submitted to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. The testimony featured the NCC's funding requests of at least $610 million for the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs and at least $215 million for the National Institute of Nursing Research in Fiscal Year 2027.