By Army Maj. Gen. Alan B. Salisbury (ret.) - Our nation today faces a growing military-civilian divide, both cultural and societal. Less than one-half of one percent of Americans currently serve in uniform, while the 99-plus percent realize the benefit...
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Washington Post: Trump shouldn’t gut the program that helped rescue my state
By Haley Barbour - I was Mississippi governor when Hurricane Katrina landed. National service was critical to serving the taxpayer.
Read More »The Hill: Why AmeriCorps is a program conservatives should love
AmeriCorps, a domestic Peace Corps, is a federally funded program that provides modest living allowances and college aid to Americans who perform significant amounts of structured community service by responding to natural disasters, boosting education, bolstering public safety, fighting poverty,...
Read More »The Boston Globe: City Year says Trump’s proposed cuts would devastate popular school programs
Trump is calling for the elimination of CNCS, including its signature AmeriCorps program, which provides more than $48 million in funding to City Year and a host of other programs in Massachusetts.
Read More »Politico: Republicans sign letter urging Trump not to cut AmeriCorps funding
A group of Republican donors and former elected officials is urging President Donald Trump not to cut funding for the Corporation for National and Community Service, which administers AmeriCorps, the public service work program for young people.
Read More »The Republican Case for Saving AmeriCorps
By Stephen Goldsmith - I was dubious when George W. Bush put me in charge of the agency administering AmeriCorps. But I saw the good in it—and we made it better. The administration should spare it.
Read More »In Budget Math, Make National Service A Priority
By Eric Tanenblatt - Civilian national service—responding to Hurricanes on the coast and tornadoes in the plains or teaching inner-city youth—transcends partisan divides in the same was as military service. They both make for better citizens and a stronger nation....
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