Dear Voices community: The combination of circumstances facing AmeriCorps are complex and we are at risk of a significant reduction in the number of people serving next year. To remind you, here are the headlines: President’s FY24 Budget Request: President...
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House Debates FY2024 Labor-HHS Appropriations
This week, the US House of Representatives considered H.R. 5894, the fiscal year (FY) 2024 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. As we have previously reported, the House’s approach to the annual Labor-HHS appropriations bill,...
Read More »House of Representatives Continues on Path of Cutting AmeriCorps to Lowest Level in 30 Years
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ranit Schmelzer, ranit@schmelzerstrategies.com House of Representatives Continues on Path of Cutting AmeriCorps to Lowest Level in 30 Years Voices for National Service thanks Reps. Matsui and Kilmer for their efforts to save AmeriCorps Washington, DC (November...
Read More »TIME: On AmeriCorps’ Thirtieth Anniversary, Congress Considers Gutting National Service
This op-ed was originally published on TIME.com on Thursday, October 26, 2023. You can see the original post here. — BY RYE BARCOTT AND ANNMAURA CONNOLLY Rye Barcott is the author of the memoir It Happened on the Way to War: A Marine’s Path...
Read More »TIME: On AmeriCorps’ Thirtieth Anniversary, Congress Considers Gutting National Service
This op-ed was originally published on TIME.com on Thursday, October 26, 2023. — BY RYE BARCOTT AND ANNMAURA CONNOLLY Rye Barcott is the author of the memoir It Happened on the Way to War: A Marine’s Path to Peace and co-founder...
Read More »6 Steps Every Advocate Can Take to Support AmeriCorps
Congress is fielding many urgent priorities, and it feels like fiscal year (FY) 2024 appropriations aren’t high on the list of priorities for some politicians. But if Congress doesn’t pass all twelve FY24 funding bills by January 1st, all federal...
Read More »Congress Enacts CR, Maintains FY23 Funding Levels Through Mid-November
On September 30, the last day of fiscal year (FY) 2023, Congress averted a government shutdown by enacting a temporary stop-gap funding bill. The bipartisan continuing resolution (CR) was passed by the majority of both chambers and maintains current FY23...
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