FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ranit Schmelzer, ranit@schmelzerstrategies.com Senate Appropriations Committee Recognizes the Value of AmeriCorps Bill Acknowledges the Impact of AmeriCorps, But Falls Short of Funding Needed to Ensure Communities Can Meet Demands Washington, DC (July 28, 2023) – On Thursday, the Senate...
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Proposed Budget Cuts to AmeriCorps Would Devastate Thousands of Non-Profit, Community, and Faith-based Organizations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ranit Schmelzer, ranit@schmelzerstrategies.com Proposed Budget Cuts to AmeriCorps Would Devastate Thousands of Non-Profit, Community, and Faith-based Organizations House marks up LHHS Appropriations Bill today Washington, DC (July 14, 2023) – The fiscal year 2024 Labor, Health...
Read More »Twenty Years of Advancing AmeriCorps
From the beginning, AmeriCorps was designed to be a national service program rooted in communities, and run by community, faith-based and nonprofit organizations. Over its first decade, communities came to rely on AmeriCorps to address their most pressing challenges. But...
Read More »Bipartisan Group of Champions to be Honored for Support of AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps Seniors
For Immediate Release Contact: Ranit Schmelzer, ranit@schmelzerstrategies.com Washington, DC (April 19, 2023) – Voices for National Service announced today that it will honor ten distinguished Capitol Hill leaders at the 20th Annual Friends of National Service Awards on Wednesday, April 26,...
Read More »A Bipartisan Celebration of AmeriCorps Week
Every March for the past 16 years, communities, nonprofit organizations, and our elected leaders have come together during AmeriCorps Week to recognize the extraordinary commitment of those who serve our country through AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps Seniors. Annually, nearly 200,000 members...
Read More »Administration’s Budget Recognizes the Value of AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps Seniors
While more funding is needed to increase AmeriCorps to meet community needs
Read More »AmeriCorps Committees Set for 118th Congress
The start of the 118th Congress, as the Senate has moved into a Democratic majority and the House has moved into a Republican majority, has led to a shake-up in the leadership and membership of the committees that are responsible...
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