ACTION REQUIRED: US Senator needs your signatures by Wednesday March 25 to request funding to support nursing workforce development programs at the HRSA

Dear Colleague" Letter on Title VIII Nursing Funding Circulating in Senate
Signatures Needed by Wednesday, March 25, 2015

TAKE ACTION NOW!!

Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) has started circulating a "Dear Colleague" letter among his fellow Senators requesting $244 million in fiscal year (FY) 2016 for the Title VIII nursing workforce development programs at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Senator Merkley needs to get as many of his colleagues in the Senate to sign this letter by Wednesday, March 25, 2015. A copy of the Merkley Dear Colleague letter can be found here.

The Title VIII nursing workforce development programs are a comprehensive system of evidence‐based, capacity-building strategies that provide students and schools of nursing with grants to strengthen education programs, including faculty recruitment and retention efforts, facility and equipment acquisition, clinical lab enhancements, and loans, scholarships, and services that enable students to overcome obstacles to completing their nursing education programs. They fill a clear need in our healthcare workforce

Please visit the National League for Nursing Site for full details and where to find your local Senator

 

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