Elimination of the Corporation for National and Community Service would devastate more than 1,100 faith-based and community organizations, put 80,000 AmeriCorps members out of work, and prevent 270,000 Senior Corps members from providing vital service to their communities
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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 »Save National Service News Clips
Must read news clips from across the country on the fight to save national service and AmeriCorps
Read More »Rep. David Price and Rep. Billy Long Testify on National Service
On March 1, 2017, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies held a Members’ Day hearing, where Rep. David Price (D-NC) and Rep. Billy Long (R-MO) testified in support of the Corporation for...
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 »2017 Friends of National Service Awards
Voices for National Service honored 19 distinguished leaders in government, business and journalism at the 14th Annual Friends of National Service Awards at Union Station in Washington, DC.
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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