National Service in the News

This article was originally published in the Washington Post on April 25, 2025.  By Tobi Raji The agency was directed to terminate nearly $400 million in grants that account for about 41 percent of its total grant funding. Elon Musk’s...

This article was originally published on whyy.org on April 18.  By Sophia Schmidt A group of young volunteers was working to repair several Philly-area homes when the Trump administration halted their work a week early. Standing in the kitchen of...

This article was originally published in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on April 17.  By Mary Spicuzza, Tamia Fowlkes, and Madeline Heim KEY POINTS AmeriCorps’ National Civilian Community Corps members were discharged on Tuesday. Volunteers were expected to build houses, work...

This article was originally published by Spectrum 1 News on April 17.  By Reuben Jones, Michael White, and the Associated Press Dozens of members of a national volunteer program helping with Hurricane Helene recovery in western North Carolina have been...

This was originally published in the Federation of American Scientists.  By Morgan Rielly Across the United States, thousands of communities, particularly rural ones, don’t have the capacity to identify, apply for, and manage federal grants. And more than half of Americans don’t feel that the...