By Points of Light - A common theme throughout the Conference on Volunteering and Service was enthusiasm for national service programs.
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MiBiz: AmeriCorps advocates redoubling efforts to maintain funding
By Jane C. Simons - The potential budget cuts are driving Voices For National Service President AnnMaura Connolly to prepare for the worst, while remaining hopeful that the programs’ results will speak for themselves.
Read More »Fortune: What the U.S. Loses If Trump Eliminates AmeriCorps
As cost-conscious leaders of Fortune 500 companies...we know a good deal when we see one, and the CNCS is a good deal. This is why we’ve donated to AmeriCorps programs such as College Possible.
Read More »The New York Times: Trump’s Budget, Breaking Tradition, Seeks Cuts to Service Programs
By Erica L. Green - Mr. Trump’s budget proposal would eliminate the Corporation for National and Community Service, and with it, AmeriCorps, Senior Corps and Vista, one of Kennedy’s first national service programs.
Read More »The Huffington Post: AmeriCorps and Senior Corps Saved – For Now
By AnnMaura Connolly - The bipartisan agreement funds the federal government through September and maintains funding for core national and community service programs for the 2017-2018 program year.
Read More »USA TODAY: Trump should expand national service, not kill it
By Michael Brown and Elisa Villanueva Beard - AmeriCorps helps communities, fosters future leaders and unites people in a time of distrust.
Read More »Roll Call: Why Congress Should Value, and Keep, AmeriCorps
The national service program efficiently lifts America’s most needy schoolchildren.
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