National Service, Local Impact.
By Reid J. Epstein – Americans across the political spectrum support spending federal funds for national service projects like AmeriCorps, according to a poll conducted for the lobbying organization that advocates more federal funding for such programs.
Read More »By Alan D. Solomont – Obscured behind the common narratives that paint millennials as a “me generation” lies an often-overlooked fact: Today’s young people want to serve.
Read More »By Alan Pyke – The Corporation for National and Community Service, which funds AmeriCorps programs and volunteers among other service work, is facing drastic cuts in both the House (34 percent) and Senate (20 percent) budget packages.
Read More »By Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) Today marks 21 years since the first class of AmeriCorps members was sworn in on the White House lawn. It would be hard to imagine what New Hampshire’s parks and inner city schools would be...
Read More »By Elisa Villanueva Beard - Since 1994, more than 900,000 individuals—Teach For America’s corps members and alumni among them—have stepped up through AmeriCorps and the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) to make this nation a better place.
Read More »By Maureen K. Eccleston - Congress recently proposed a bill that would destroy national service as we know it, cutting the number of AmeriCorps members and Senior Corps volunteers serving here in Baltimore and all across the country.
Read More »By Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Ret. Gen. Stanley McChrystal - At a time when our nation faces great challenges on various fronts -- and trust in one another and key institutions is at a historic low -- expanding opportunities...
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