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Responding to demands that nursing leaders conduct business in creative, pr oactive ways, the authors of this department share the work of The Robert W ood Johnson Foundation's national program, Colleagues in Caring: Regional C ollaboratives for Nursing Work Force Development: The purpose of this initi ative is to enhance regional and state collaborative planning and implement actions and policies to address the rapid changes occurring in the United States nursing labor market. This department, edited by Mary Fry Rapson, PhD, RN CS, National Program Di rector and Rebecca B. Rice, EdD, RN; National Deputy Director presents the Ongoing work of the program, highlighting the work of the 20 individual col laboratives. Regional approaches to the expected program outcomes and speci fic challenges and opportunities that are unique to each region's environme nt are included The Colleagues in Caring program is administered by tbe American Associatio n of Colleges of Nursing. Current information on the Initiative can be foun d at http://www.aacn.nche.edu under Special Projects. The staff at the Nati onal Program Office can be reached at 202-496-1095 (fax 202-496-1093).