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.
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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....
Read More »National Service, Not Government, Will Make America Great
By Eric Tanenblatt - Service creates opportunities to bridge the divides that separate us, to find common ground in the greatness of our people.
Read More »National, Local Service Never More Evident than in Sevier County
This letter to the editor appeared in The Mountain Press on December 31, 2016. When President-elect Trump takes the oath of office in Washington, D.C. in January, he will officially assume the highest office in the land and with that,...
Read More »The Hill: Uniting a Divided Nation
By Former Govs. Jennifer Granholm and Dirk Kempthorne - As two people from different parties and parts of the country, we may disagree about many things. But we agree about the value of a “service year.”
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