This originally appeared on Medium on June 28, 2021. By AnnMaura Connolly and Rye Barcott Americans graduating high school and college are searching for employment and a way to serve something larger than themselves. National service meets the moment. Congress...
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National Service is a Bipartisan Priority
This originally appeared on The Hill on March 23, 2021. Last week, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan into law. A little noticed but important provision in the law increases the national service budget by $1 billion, the first significant expansion of...
Read More »Voices for National Service Endorses President Biden’s Nomination of Michael D. Smith to Lead AmeriCorps
Voices for National Service Endorses President Biden’s Nomination of Michael D. Smith to Lead AmeriCorps Washington, DC (June 15, 2021) – Today, President Biden announced his intention to nominate Michael D. Smith to be the Chief Executive Officer of AmeriCorps,...
Read More »Congress Finalizes FY21 Funding for the Corporation for National and Community Service
Congress cleared a spending package for President Trump’s signature that will provide $900 billion to address the COVID-19 pandemic and fund all the federal agencies through the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2021. The FY21 spending bill provides the...
Read More »Statement from AnnMaura Connolly, President of Voices for National Service, on Funding for AmeriCorps in the FY21 Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill
November 10, 2020 (Washington, DC) – On Tuesday, the Senate Appropriations Committee released their FY21 spending bills, including the Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill which funds the AmeriCorps Agency (formerly the Corporation for National and Community Service). The Senate bill, like its House...
Read More »New Poll Finds Strong Bipartisan Support for Expanding AmeriCorps and Senior Corps to Help Nation Respond and Recover from COVID-19
Public support to increase funding for AmeriCorps and Senior Corps programs to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic was an overwhelming 80 percent across party lines.
Read More »Including National Service in the Next Stimulus Package Will Create Jobs, Help Contain the Pandemic
As the negotiations over the next COVID package continue, Congress should include AmeriCorps and Senior Corps as powerful strategies for helping our nation recover from this pandemic.
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