The White House budget proposal for fiscal year 2018 calls for the elimination of the Corporation for National and Community Service over the course of the next year, which would include ending national service programs like AmeriCorps and Senior Corps....
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Fortune: What the U.S. Loses If Trump Eliminates AmeriCorps
As cost-conscious leaders of Fortune 500 companies...we know a good deal when we see one, and the CNCS is a good deal. This is why we’ve donated to AmeriCorps programs such as College Possible.
Read More »The New York Times: Trump’s Budget, Breaking Tradition, Seeks Cuts to Service Programs
By Erica L. Green - Mr. Trump’s budget proposal would eliminate the Corporation for National and Community Service, and with it, AmeriCorps, Senior Corps and Vista, one of Kennedy’s first national service programs.
Read More »Administration’s Full 2018 Budget Ends Eight Decades of Bipartisan Presidential Support for National Service Programs
The budget proposed today by President Donald Trump would end our nation’s 80-year investment in national service, leaving our veterans and their families underserved and our schools understaffed.
Read More »The Huffington Post: AmeriCorps and Senior Corps Saved – For Now
By AnnMaura Connolly - The bipartisan agreement funds the federal government through September and maintains funding for core national and community service programs for the 2017-2018 program year.
Read More »USA TODAY: Trump Should Expand National Service, Not Kill It
By Michael Brown and Elisa Villanueva Beard - AmeriCorps helps communities, fosters future leaders and unites people in a time of distrust.
Read More »Statement on the Omnibus Spending Bill for FY2017
The agreement between the House and Senate on a massive Fiscal Year 2017 omnibus spending package includes $1.03 billion for the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the federal agency that administers national service programs including AmeriCorps and Senior...
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