This article was originally published in Colorado Biz on September 3, 2025. By Colorado Biz Staff The White House Office of Management and Budget will release more than $184 million in previously withheld funding for AmeriCorps service programs nationwide after...
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House Appropriations Bill Would Gut AmeriCorps, Blocking Thousands from Serving Communities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ranit Schmelzer at ranit@schmelzerstrategies.com WASHINGTON, DC (September 3, 2025) – Yesterday, the House Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee voted on its fiscal year 2026 bill. The approved bill delivers a...
Read More »Democracy Forward: AmeriCorps Grantees Receive Promise Funding, In Reversal By Trump-Vance Administration
This press release was originally published by Democracy Forward on September 2, 2025. A broad coalition of AmeriCorps grantees has had its funding restored following a reversal by the Trump-Vance administration. The reversal follows an expanded lawsuit by AmeriCorps grantees, service members,...
Read More »The Center Square: Trump Administration Releases AmeriCorps Funding
This article was originally published in The Center Square on September 2, 2025. By Elyse Apel The White House Office of Management and Budget will release over $184 million in paused funding for AmeriCorps service programs. This comes after a...
Read More »OMB to Release Fiscal Year 2025 AmeriCorps Funds
Releases the hold on more than 180 AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps Seniors programs that provide critically needed services to their communities FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ranit Schmelzer at ranit@schmelzerstrategies.com WASHINGTON, DC (August 28, 2025) – The Office of Management and Budget (OMB)...
Read More »Democracy Forward: Following First Victory, Broad Coalition Expands Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration’s Continued Attack’s on AmeriCorps
This press release was originally published by Democracy Forward on August 19, 2025. A broad coalition of AmeriCorps grantees, service members, and the AmeriCorps Employees Union AFSCME Local 2027 have expanded their existing lawsuit against the Trump administration, challenging its...
Read More »The Duncan Banner: AmeriCorps is Under Siege. What Happens in the Communities it Serves?
This article was originally published in the Duncan Banner on August 19, 2025. By Ashley Murray Daniel Zare worked one-on-one as an AmeriCorps member with students going through rough times in school, lightening teachers’ workload in the classroom. At AmeriCorps...
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