Public support to increase funding for AmeriCorps and Senior Corps programs to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic was an overwhelming 80 percent across party lines.
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Including National Service in the Next Stimulus Package Will Create Jobs, Help Contain the Pandemic
As the negotiations over the next COVID package continue, Congress should include AmeriCorps and Senior Corps as powerful strategies for helping our nation recover from this pandemic.
Read More »168 Civilian and Post-9/11 Veteran Service Organizations Urge Congress to Expand AmeriCorps and Senior Corps
168 civilian and post-9/11 veterans organizations have joined forces to urge the Congressional leadership to support the CORPS Act to expand AmeriCorps and Senior Corps in the next COVID-19 relief package.
Read More »New Research Shows an Unprecedented Return on Investment to the Federal Government and Communities from AmeriCorps and Senior Corps
A July 2020 study demonstrates that every $1 in federal taxes invested in AmeriCorps and Senior Corps returns $17.30 to society, program members, and the federal government.
Read More »Dozens of Bipartisan Mayors from Across the U.S. Ask Congress to Expand National Service Programs to Help with COVID-19 Response and Recovery
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 »Statement on the Final Report of the National Commission on Military, National and Public Service
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 »Latest Stimulus Bill Includes Some Essential Relief for AmeriCorps and Senior Corps
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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