This op-ed was originally published in The Olympian on November 10, 2024. By Anthony Sandoval and Eric Burns Each November, we talk a lot about how we need to improve support for America’s veterans. We lament over high suicide rates...
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AmeriCorps Ramps Up Disaster Response in North Carolina and Florida Following Hurricanes Helene and Milton
This press release was originally published on the AmeriCorps website. AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteerism, announced today that more than 140 additional AmeriCorps members are deploying to North Carolina and Florida this week in response to the...
Read More »The74: For the Sake of America’s School Children, Congress Must Keep AmeriCorps Going
This op-ed was originally published on The74 on Wednesday, September 25, 2024. By Robert Balfanz & Kevin Huffman Two years ago, the National Partnership for Student Success and Accelerate, initiatives we co-lead or lead, launched in the wake of significant pandemic-era learning loss...
Read More »The 5280: Spearheaded by Young Adults in Colorado, This New Program Addresses the Youth Mental Health Crisis
This article was originally published in The 5280 in September 2024. By Nicholas Hunt Youth Mental Health Corps, an AmeriCorps initiative, launched in four states this summer. Marissa Garcia describes her family as supportive, but mental health wasn’t something they...
Read More »Mathematica: How AmeriCorps Uses Data to Support Communities Through National Service and Volunteerism
This blog post was originally published in Mathematica on Wednesday, August 28, 2024. By J.B. Wogan Thirty years ago, President Bill Clinton signed bipartisan legislation creating what is now known as AmeriCorps, a federal agency for national service and volunteerism....
Read More »The Magnolia Banner News: AmeriCorps Initiative Improved Food Security for more than 230,000 People Nationally
This op-ed was originally published in The Magnolia Banner News on Friday, August 23, 2024. Special to the Banner-News AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteering, published a report at the conclusion of its AmeriCorps VISTA Food Security...
Read More »Newsweek: Congress Is Poised to Gut AmeriCorps. It’s a Huge Mistake.
This op-ed was originally published on Newsweek.com on July 26, 2024. — By David Price and David Drier, former United States Congressmen As millions of Americans emerge from the damage and devastation inflicted by Hurricane Beryl, which lashed the Texas...
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