Sign-on letters

ANAC works in coalition with other national and global HIV, health policy and nursing organizations to advance the issues that are reflected in our strategic plan, policy agenda and policy statements. Working in coalitions around shared issues enhances the work of any one organization and amplifies messages.  Coalition sign-on letters carry weight with legislators, the administration and other key decision makers. 

2026 sign-on letters

• Support for CDC funding for global health (May 2026)
• Letter to Representatives against budget resolution and funding for ICE and CBP (April 2026)
• Letter to Senators against budget resolution and funding for ICE and CBP (April 2026)
• FAPP ABAC funding request for FY2027 (April 2026)
• NIAID Appropriations Letter for 2027 funding (March 2026)
• Notice to Under Secretary of Education about adding post-baccalaureate nursing degrees to list of "professional" degrees (March 2026)
• Support for CDC funding for HIV prevention funding for CBOs (February 2026)
• Letter to Congress to withhold funding to ICE and Border Patrol (Jan. 2026)

2025 sign-on letters

• Letter to NIH leaders about input on federal HIV guidelines
• Statement on ACIP's Hepatitis B Vaccine Votes
• Opposition to Public Charge Rule
• NIH OAR Federal Guideline Support
• Opposition to defunding Planned Parenthood
• U.S. Preventive Services Task Force PrEP recommendation
• ANAC joins federal lawsuit to stop deletion of vital medical data and resources
• Support of NIH-funded research
• FAPP letter on proposed HHS restructuring
• PRECEPT Nurses Act
• Viral Hepatitis, reductions in force and CDC reorganization
• FY2026 ABAC Letter to Congress
• Introduction of ICAN Act
• Support for ICAN Act - Senate and House of Representatives
• FAPP welcome to Congress
• Opposition to DOGE and its actions
• Opposition to USAID shut-down
• Transition recommendations to Trump Administration
• Opposition to Medicaid Cuts

2024 sign-on letters:

• ACA Risk Adjustment for PrEP
• World AIDS Day promotion
• FY2025 Funding for Domestic HIV Programs
• Lifting the Bar on Enlistment and Deployment for PLWH
• FY2025 Budget Cuts
• Workplace Violence
• National PrEP Program
• HRSA funding in Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies appropriations bill
• Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA)
• Fully-fund the Public Health Workforce Loan Repayment Program

2023 sign-on letters:

• Nursing Community Coalition CRNA practice for Veterans
• FY 2025 Budget Request for Bio-Preparedness Workforce Pilot Program
• Nursing Community Coalition Support of Momnibus Act
• Nursing Community Coalition Recognition of Nurse Corps Tax Parity Act of 2023
• Disease Intervention Specialists funds rescission
• Nursing Community Coalition Recognition of United States Cadet Nurse Corps Service Recognition Act of 2023
• Nursing Community Coalition Workplace Violence Act
• Nursing Community Coalition Recognition of National Nursing Workforce Center Act of 2023
• Nursing Community Coalition Support for ICAN Act
• Hepatitis Community Funding Requests for FY2024
• Nursing Community Coalition Nurses Week Message
• Friends of HRSA Discretionary HRSA Programs Funding
• Nursing Community Coalition Support For Improving Access to Workers' Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act
• Friends of HRSA Discretionary HRSA Programs Funding
• Funding For Family Planning Services
• Nursing Community Coalition Nursing Workforce Shortages
• Nursing Community Coalition Support for Continuing PHE
• Nursing Community Coalition Support for Nursing Workforce Development Programs

2022 sign-on letters:

• ANAC letter regarding Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health
• Improving Care and Access to Nurses (I CAN) Act
• Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities
• Role of PBMs on Patient Access and Affordability of Prescription Drugs
• Comprehensive Pandemic Preparedness and Biodefense Funding
• Requests for FY2023 Domestic HIV Programs
• 2023 Title VIII and NINR Funding Requests
• Additional Funding for Nursing Workforce Development Programs
• Build Back Better Recommendations
• Funding for Nursing Workforce Development Programs and NINR

2021 sign-on letters:

• Rescinding HFT Research Restrictions
• Assistant Secretary of Health Appointment
• Sustained funding for Healthcare Infrastructure
• Secretary of HHS Appointment
• COVID-19 Relief Package Health Care Provisions
• HHS Proposed Fetal Tissue Rule
• HRSA Funding
• CDC and NCCDPHP Funding
• Title VIII Program Funding
• Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act
• HELP Act
• Global HIV Program Funding
• Welcome Letter to Deputy Secretary of HHS
• Welcome Letter to CMS Administrator
• Overdose Prevention
• HRSA FY23 Appropriations Bill
• Global Fund FY23 Request Letter

2020 sign-on letters:

• Access to Medication
• Lifeline Support
• Nationwide Protection Plan
• Opposition to Denying Loans to Nonprofit Organizations
• PEPFAR Funding
• CARES Act Funding for Rural Healthcare
• National Strategies during COVID-19 Pandemic
• HELP Act
• Department of Veterans Affairs Directive 1899
• AIDS United Juneteenth open letter
• Immigrant Inclusion in COVID relief packages
• Public Health and Infrastructure
• Nursing Funding Priorities
• CDC Inclusion in COVID-19 Response
• U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps Service Recognition Act
• Future Advancement of Academic Nursing Act
• Investing in Public Health Workforce

2019 sign-on letters:

• Non-defense Funding for Domestic Programs

2018 sign-on letters:

• Title VIII and NINR Funding
• CROI Support for Science
• AAN National Commission on Mass Shootings
• Adolescent Sexual Health Funding
• Opioid Funding
• United States Cadet Nurse Corps Service Recognition Act - House of Representatives, Senate
• GLMA comments to VA on transition-related surgeries
• PEPFAR and Global Fund Reauthorization - House of Representatives, Senate

2017 sign-on letters:

• GAPP Letter
• Family Planning Coalition
• Comprehensive Sex Education
• Nursing Workforce Funding
• Response to President's Budget
• SB 239 HIV Criminalization
• Nurses and Telehealth
• Opposition to Tax Overhaul Bills
• DACA

2016 sign-on letters:

• Budget letter to Congress
• Global Aids Funding - House of Representatives
• Global Aids Funding - Senate
• Friends of HRSA - House of Representatives
• Friends of HRSA - Senate

2015 sign-on letters:

• ACA Supreme Court amicus brief
• Deputy Secretary of the US DHHS
• Domestic HIV AIDS Funding
• HIV Criminalization in NHAS
• NIH HIV Research Funding
• Nursing Workforce Title VIII
• PEPFAR Funding
• Sexual Health Education Funding
• Syringe Exchange
• Telehealth
• Viral Hepatitis Funding