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...
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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)...
Read More »Statement on the Federal Court Decision on AmeriCorps Funding
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ranit Schmelzer, 202-538-1065, ranit@schmelzerstrategies.com Statement by AnnMaura Connolly, President, Voices for National Service on the Federal Court Decision on AmeriCorps Funding WASHINGTON, DC (June 5, 2025) — AnnMaura Connolly, President of Voices for National Service, issued...
Read More »Statement by the Voices for National Service Steering Committee on the Cuts to AmeriCorps
Tens of thousands of AmeriCorps members serving communities across the United States were abruptly discharged this month—losing not only their modest living allowances and benefits, but also their opportunity to serve their country through national service. But the devastating personal...
Read More »Bipartisan Group of Congressional Leaders to be Honored for Support of AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps Seniors
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ranit Schmelzer, ranit@schmelzerstrategies.com Washington, DC (April 24, 2025) – Voices for National Service announced today that it will honor 10 distinguished Congressional leaders at the 22nd Annual Friends of National Service Awards on Wednesday, April 30, 2025...
Read More »Senate Appropriations Bill Provides Modest Funding Increase for AmeriCorps
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ranit Schmelzer, ranit@schmelzerstrategies.com Washington, DC (August 2, 2024) – Yesterday, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved the fiscal year 2025 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies bill. The spending package, which was supported by both...
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