This op-ed was originally published on The74 on Wednesday, September 25, 2024. By Robert Balfanz & Kevin Huffman Two years ago, the National Partnership for Student Success and Accelerate, initiatives we co-lead or lead, launched in the wake of significant pandemic-era learning loss...
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Bay Area Community Resources
Bay Area Community Resources (BACR) is a non-profit agency that has been operating AmeriCorps programs in California continuously since 1994. We currently run four AmeriCorps programs. Without these programs: 2,000 high need school students per year would not get desperately...
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Without AmeriCorps, the American Connection Corps would cease to exist. Over 150 members would not be placed in more than 80 communities across 33 states. These communities would lose their ability to bridge the digital divide, build capacity, attract new...
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AmeriCorps members are preparing today’s students for tomorrow’s jobs, connecting New Americans to the services they need to thrive, helping seniors live independently, rebuilding communities after disasters, and leading conservation and climate change efforts. Without AmeriCorps, more than 500 nonprofits,...
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Eliminating AmeriCorps would have dire consequences for individuals, communities, and the nation. It would strip away vital educational support, weaken the economic foundations of communities in need, and diminish the spirit of civic engagement that is essential for a healthy...
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AmeriCorps grants enable us to connect national service members with one-year, full-time positions at foodbanks, food pantries, health clinics, afterschool programs, community action agencies, institutions of higher education, local government agencies, and other nonprofit organizations. Without AmeriCorps members, the critical...
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At Reading Partners we tutor young students to help them reach the level of literacy required to grow academically. But without AmeriCorps members, many of the amazing young students in our program would simply not receive the support they need...
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