On June 30, the House Appropriations Committee approved the FY23 Labor-HHS spending bill, a measure that would provide nearly $242.1 billion in discretionary spending to the Health and Human Services, Education, Labor and related agencies. The draft bill includes $1.3...
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Bipartisan Group of Champions to be Honored for Support of AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps Seniors
Majority Leader Schumer, Senator Cassidy, Representatives DeLauro, Bacon, and Waltz among honorees FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ranit Schmelzer, ranit@schmelzerstrategies.com Washington, DC (June 1, 2022) – Voices for National Service will honor seven distinguished Capitol Hill leaders at the 19th Annual...
Read More »A New Public Health AmeriCorps Will Add Capacity to Health Systems and Build Career Paths for Future Leaders
Over the past two years, AmeriCorps members acted quickly and creatively to address gaps in services created by the COVID-19 pandemic. They supported vaccination efforts, collected and distributed food, tutored and mentored students to help diminish the impacts of COVID-driven...
Read More »Administration’s Budget Recognizes the Value of AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps Seniors
More Funding is Needed to Make Service an Opportunity for All Americans FOR IMMEDATE RELEASE Contact: Ranit Schmelzer, ranit@schmelzerstrategies.com Washington, DC (Monday, March 28, 2022) – The fiscal year 2023 budget released by President Biden today calls for $1.34...
Read More »White House Releases FY23 Budget
The Biden-Harris Administration sent their fiscal year 2023 budget to Congress and requested $1.34 billion for the Corporation for National and Community Service/AmeriCorps agency, an increase of $189.3 million over the FY22 enacted level. Leveraging annual appropriations, as well as...
Read More »The Role of AmeriCorps in Education
We have experienced and learned a tremendous amount over the past two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, including how resilient we are as individuals and communities. We have pulled together in ways unimaginable prior to March 2020, whether to help...
Read More »Congress Finalizes FY22 Funding Five Months Into Fiscal Year
One day after House passage, the Senate cleared H.R. 2471, a massive omnibus spending package for President Biden’s signature. The $1.5 trillion twelve-bill appropriations package funds the government through September 2022 and provides emergency aid to Ukraine. The spending package...
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