This article was originally published by NPR on May 9, 2025. By Jennifer Ludden Until last month, 25-year-old Theo Faucher was an AmeriCorps team leader. He and 10 others got a small stipend to build affordable homes in Virginia, remove...
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News From The States: As Trump Slashes AmeriCorps, States Lose a Federal Partner in Community Service
This article was originally published by News From The States on May 8, 2025. By Ashley Murray Hillary Kane learned on a Saturday morning in April that within days, she would lose AmeriCorps funding for two programs that match mentors...
Read More »The Chronicle of Philanthropy: AmeriCorps Cuts Threaten Service Programs and Their Unifying Power, Advocates Warn
This article was originally published in The Chronicle of Philanthropy on May 7, 2025. By Eden Stiffman On the last day of April, around 250 people gathered at a Washington, D.C., hotel to honor members of Congress who have championed...
Read More »The Daily Yonder: Without AmeriCorps, Rural Communities Will Lose Essential Social Services
This article was originally published in The Daily Yonder on May 6, 2025. By Ilana Newman On Friday, April 25, Sorrell Redford, education director for Montezuma School to Farm Project, heard that their AmeriCorps funding through Serve Colorado would run...
Read More »The Washington Post: I’m a Midwestern Republican. Gutting AmeriCorps Hurts America.
This op-ed was originally published in The Washington Post on May 1, 2025. By Congressman Don Bacon Why destroy a program that enriches America every day — including in financial returns? Don Bacon, a Republican, represents Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District...
Read More »The Washington Post: DOGE orders major cuts to AmeriCorps funding, imperiling agency’s work
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...
Read More »The Washington Post: AmeriCorps shaped these lawmakers’ careers. They’re fighting to save it.
This article was originally published in the Washington Post on April 23rd by Mariana Alfaro and Tobi Raji. Politicians and civil servants who served in AmeriCorps argue that the Trump administration’s sharp cuts to the agency endanger the future of...
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