URGENT - Immediate Action Necessary to Save NursingWorkforce funding! Call your Sens. today.
Stop amendment threatening Title VIII funding. Call your Senators TODAY,
tell them to Vote NO on the Allard Amendment
The Senate is scheduled to vote at 5:30 this evening (10/22) on an amendment
that would diminish funding for nursing workforce development programs by
10%. Sen. Wayne Allard (R-CO) is sponsoring the amendment, which would
impact all Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development programs except the
Nurse Education Loan Repayment Programs.
* Title VII Programs --currently funded at $150 Million --are the
only federal programs designed to address the nursing shortage. These
programs are vital to support nursing students; invest in nursing faculty
and education capacity; maintain advanced education programs; and direct
nurses to critical shortage areas. (Get more info on Title VIII online here:
http://nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAPoliticalPower/Federal/LEGIS/T
itleVIII.aspx)
* Now is time to increase, not cut funding for these vital programs
that address the nursing shortage.
* The majority of the Senate agrees. In April, 51 Senators signed a
letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee supporting a $50 million
increase in funding for nursing workforce development programs (see the
list of signers here:
http://rnaction.org/politicalpower/senate_dearcolleague)
WHAT YOU CAN DO
We need your help today to stop this dangerous amendment.
Call your Senators through the Senate Switchboard at 202-224-3121. Urge
them to protect nursing workforce development funding-tell them to vote NO
on the Allard Amendment.
