FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ranit Schmelzer at ranit@schmelzerstrategies.com WASHINGTON, DC (September 3, 2025) – Yesterday, the House Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee voted on its fiscal year 2026 bill. The approved bill delivers a...
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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...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ranit Schmelzer at ranit@schmelzerstrategies.com Senate Appropriations Bill Provides Near-Level Funding for AmeriCorps WASHINGTON, DC (July 31, 2025) – Today, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved the fiscal year 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related...
Read More »The Hechinger Report: Federal Cuts Threaten A Major Career Path For Young Adults
This article was originally published in the Hechinger Report on July 30, 2025. By Ariel Gilreath Cancellation of AmeriCorps grants could make it harder for recent graduates to find jobs. Lily Tegner didn’t know what she wanted to do when...
Read More »Voices for National Service Calls on OMB to Release Impounded AmeriCorps Funds
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ranit Schmelzer at ranit@schmelzerstrategies.com Voices for National Service Calls on OMB to Release Impounded AmeriCorps Funds WASHINGTON, DC (June 27, 2025) – Voices for National Service today called on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)...
Read More »National Parks Traveler: Our Public Lands Need AmeriCorps
This op-ed was originally published by National Parks Traveler on June 25, 2025. By David Vela and Leslie Weldon June is Great Outdoors Month — a time to celebrate America’s public lands and the many ways to get outside and...
Read More »Chalkbeat: AmeriCorps’ Work With Students Nationwide in Limbo Despite Halt to Federal Funding Cuts
This article was originally published in Chalkbeat on June 17, 2025. By Norah Rami When a federal judge earlier this month ordered the Trump administration to restore AmeriCorps funding, there was no relief for the hundreds of service groups that...
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