FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, DC (January 20, 2026) – Today, the Senate and House Appropriations Committees released the text of the fiscal year 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies bill. The bipartisan bill sustains funding for...
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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...
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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 »Bipartisan Group of Senators Call on OMB to Release Congressionally-Appropriated AmeriCorps Funds
FOR IMMEDATE RELEASE Contact: Ranit Schmelzer, ranit@schmelzerstrategies.com WASHINGTON, DC (August 4, 2025) – On Friday, August 1, a bipartisan group of senators sent a letter to Russell Vought, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), urging the...
Read More »Senate Appropriations Bill Provides Near-Level Funding for AmeriCorps
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ranit Schmelzer at ranit@schmelzerstrategies.com Senate Appropriations Bill Provides Near-Level Funding for AmeriCorps WASHINGTON, DC (July 31, 2025) – Today, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved the fiscal year 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related...
Read More »New Legal Action to Force Release of Withheld AmeriCorps Funds
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ranit Schmelzer at ranit@schmelzerstrategies.com New Legal Action to Force Release of Withheld AmeriCorps Funds WASHINGTON, DC (July 25, 2025) – Yesterday, a coalition of 23 state attorneys general, and the governors of Kentucky and Pennsylvania, expanded their legal...
Read More »Voices for National Service Calls on OMB to Release Impounded AmeriCorps Funds
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ranit Schmelzer at ranit@schmelzerstrategies.com Voices for National Service Calls on OMB to Release Impounded AmeriCorps Funds WASHINGTON, DC (June 27, 2025) – Voices for National Service today called on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)...
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