National Service, Local Impact.
The CORPS Act would expand America’s investment in national service programs to allow for the immediate, targeted deployment of tens of thousands of civilian service members in communities all across the country.
Read More »By Livia Lam and Mary Ellen Sprenkel - Policymakers should expand and adopt national service as part of a broader jobs strategy to provide younger workers with meaningful work experiences and keep them engaged in the labor market.
Read More »By Robert Balfanz - Strategic expansion of AmeriCorps is how we can rapidly and more equitably provide the additional capacity to enact what is needed to support our students through the impact of COVID-19 and continued racial injustice.
Read More »The CORPS Act calls for strengthening and expanding AmeriCorps and Senior Corps to help our nation recover from COVID-19.
Read More »More than 50 mayors from across the country have called on Congress to provide federal funding for a comprehensive, locally focused, national service strategy to help communities respond to and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read More »Together the national service recommendations, if enacted, would lead to a new era in American life, where every American would be asked and given the opportunity to serve.
Read More »Nonprofit organizations that rely on AmeriCorps and Senior Corps to provide relief to the communities they serve have received some critically needed support in the latest economic stabilization and stimulus bill, passed by the U.S. Senate,
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