At 12:01 AM on October 1st, the federal government officially entered a shutdown amid an impasse on Capitol Hill over competing fiscal year 2026 congressional spending bills. Both Republican and Democratic proposals that would have funded the government past September...
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House Proposes Nearly 50% Cut to AmeriCorps for FY26
On September 9th, the House Appropriations Committee passed their version of the FY26 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies spending bill in a party-line vote. The Labor-HHS Subcommittee had met to mark up the bill a week...
Read More »OMB to Release Fiscal Year 2025 AmeriCorps Funds
Releases the hold on more than 180 AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps Seniors programs that provide critically needed services to their communities FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ranit Schmelzer at ranit@schmelzerstrategies.com WASHINGTON, DC (August 28, 2025) – The Office of Management and Budget (OMB)...
Read More »Senate Appropriations Committee Recommends $1.25 Billion for AmeriCorps in FY26
On July 31, the Senate Appropriations Committee marked up and approved their FY26 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies funding bill in a bipartisan 26-3 vote. The spending package includes $1.25 billion for the AmeriCorps agency. This...
Read More »Bipartisan Group of Senators Call on OMB to Release Congressionally-Appropriated AmeriCorps Funds
FOR IMMEDATE RELEASE Contact: Ranit Schmelzer, ranit@schmelzerstrategies.com WASHINGTON, DC (August 4, 2025) – On Friday, August 1, a bipartisan group of senators sent a letter to Russell Vought, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), urging the...
Read More »Statement on the Federal Court Decision on AmeriCorps Funding
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ranit Schmelzer, 202-538-1065, ranit@schmelzerstrategies.com Statement by AnnMaura Connolly, President, Voices for National Service on the Federal Court Decision on AmeriCorps Funding WASHINGTON, DC (June 5, 2025) — AnnMaura Connolly, President of Voices for National Service, issued...
Read More »White House Releases FY26 Budget Request Outline
On May 2nd, the White House Office of Management and Budget released its so-called “skinny budget” for FY26, which outlines President Trump’s topline priorities for spending and budget cuts. This document outlines unprecedented federal funding cuts in fiscal year 2026,...
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