FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC (December 8, 2021) – Tonight, the U.S. Senate confirmed Michael Smith as the Chief Executive Officer of AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteering. AmeriCorps, formerly the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), mobilizes...
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Congress Extends FY22 CR until Feb. 18
The House and Senate passed a stopgap bill to extend federal funding through February 18, 2022. This new continuing resolution will give Congress 11 more weeks to try to resolve partisan disputes over funding levels and policy riders that have...
Read More »House Passes Build Back Better Act
The House passed the Build Back Better Act, a roughly $2.2 trillion package of spending and tax breaks to expand the social safety net and combat climate change. The bill includes $15.2 billion for the AmeriCorps Agency to be spent over an...
Read More »Build Back Better Act Provides Major Investment in National Service
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ranit Schmelzer, ranit@schmelzerstrategies.com Build Back Better Act Provides Major Investment in National Service Creates Civilian Climate Corps; Boosts Number of AmeriCorps Members; Supports Increased Diversity Washington, DC (November 19, 2021) – Following is a statement from AnnMaura Connolly,...
Read More »Senate Democrats Recommend $1.18B for AmeriCorps
In an effort to jumpstart bipartisan negotiations on the annual spending bills, Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) released nine FY22 appropriations bills on October 18th. The Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations bill includes $1.185 billion for the...
Read More »Congress Passes CR to Fund AmeriCorps Agency until Dec 3
President Biden signed a fiscal year 2022 continuing resolution (CR), a short-term spending bill that averts a government shutdown and funds the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) or AmeriCorps Agency into December. While the House of Representatives passed...
Read More »House Budget Committee Advances Reconciliation Package with $2B for AmeriCorps
The House Budget Committee completed the markup of the Build Back Better Act, a $3.5 trillion package that would invest in many of President Biden’s first-term domestic policy priorities. The bill which aims to expand the nation’s social safety net...
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