The CORPS Act calls for strengthening and expanding AmeriCorps and Senior Corps to help our nation recover from COVID-19.
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May 2020 Poll Finds Strong Bipartisan Support for Expanding AmeriCorps and Senior Corps to Help Nation Recover from COVID-19
New public opinion research by TargetPoint Consulting finds that 80% of voters across party lines support increasing the federal investment in national service to further help communities respond to and recover from COVID-19, including 70% of Republicans and 90% of...
Read More »Dozens of Bipartisan Mayors from Across the U.S. Ask Congress to Expand National Service Programs to Help with COVID-19 Response and Recovery
More than 50 mayors from across the country have called on Congress to provide federal funding for a comprehensive, locally focused, national service strategy to help communities respond to and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read More »Pandemic Response and Opportunity Through National Service Act
The Pandemic Response and Opportunity Through National Service Act would dramatically expand national service in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Read More »Inspire to Serve Act
Representative Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) introduced H.R. 6415, the Inspire to Serve Act. The bill would authorize many of the recommendations included in the final report issued by the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service that was released in...
Read More »The Undertaking National Initiatives to Tackle Epidemic Act (UNITE Act)
U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Ed Markey (D-MA) introduced legislation to mobilize and recruit Americans in the response to COVID-19. This bill calls for expanding AmeriCorps to 500,000 and doubling the AmeriCorps living allowance. The bill would also...
Read More »January 2020 Poll Finds Broad Bipartisan Support for National Service
New public opinion research finds that 82% of voters across party lines support increasing or maintaining the federal investment in national service, including 78% of Republicans and 88% of Democrats
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