Welcome to the Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers. 

Our mission is to provide a sustainable network for collaboration and communication among statewide nursing workforce entities.

We hope to create a unique forum that is a conduit for wisdom sharing and strategy development for promoting an optimal nursing workforce to meet the health care needs of the population.

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Who We Are

We are a group of state nursing workforce entities that have coalesced to support the advancement of new as well as existing state level nursing workforce initiatives and to share best practices in nursing workforce research, workforce planning, workforce development, and formulation of workforce policy. 

What exactly is a state nursing workforce entity?  

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Click here to learn about your state's nursing workforce initiatives.

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Forum Positions on Policy Initiatives and other Emerging Issues

On June 7, the House Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Subcommittee on Appropriations voted to increase funding for the Title VIII Federal Nursing Workforce Development Programs by just over ten percent. If enacted, this $16 million increase would bring the total funding for Title VIII to $165.6 million in fiscal year (FY) 2008. Specifically, the House Subcommittee voted to reject the $57 million in cuts from Advanced Education Nursing proposed by President Bush. In addition, the Subcommittee would provide a $13 million increase for Nursing Loan Repayment and Scholarships, and a $3 million increase for the Nursing Faculty Loan Program.  

Based upon evidence of an evolving nursing shortage and a nursing faculty shortage that already hampers our ability to prepare an adequate workforce for the future, the Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers joins the American Nurses Association and other stakeholders in urging Congress to support these funding increases.