By AnnMaura Connolly - The bipartisan agreement funds the federal government through September and maintains funding for core national and community service programs for the 2017-2018 program year.
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Congress Passes Omnibus Spending Bill to Fund Government for Remainder of FY17
The agreement level-funds AmeriCorps and Senior Corps at FY16 levels
Read More »Senators Bennet and Isakson Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Make AmeriCorps Education Award Tax-Free
The bill would ensure AmeriCorps alumni are able to collect the full value of their Segal AmeriCorps Education Award
Read More »USA TODAY: Trump Should Expand National Service, Not Kill It
By Michael Brown and Elisa Villanueva Beard - AmeriCorps helps communities, fosters future leaders and unites people in a time of distrust.
Read More »Statement on the Omnibus Spending Bill for FY2017
The agreement between the House and Senate on a massive Fiscal Year 2017 omnibus spending package includes $1.03 billion for the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the federal agency that administers national service programs including AmeriCorps and Senior...
Read More »Roll Call: Why Congress Should Value, and Keep, AmeriCorps
The national service program efficiently lifts America’s most needy schoolchildren.
Read More »The Air Force Times: National Service Narrows Military-Civilian Divide
By Army Maj. Gen. Alan B. Salisbury (ret.) - Our nation today faces a growing military-civilian divide, both cultural and societal. Less than one-half of one percent of Americans currently serve in uniform, while the 99-plus percent realize the benefit...
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