By Points of Light - A common theme throughout the Conference on Volunteering and Service was enthusiasm for national service programs.
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MiBiz: AmeriCorps Advocates Redoubling Efforts to Maintain Funding
By Jane C. Simons - The potential budget cuts are driving Voices For National Service President AnnMaura Connolly to prepare for the worst, while remaining hopeful that the programs’ results will speak for themselves.
Read More »Take a Stand for Service with Points of Light and Voices for National Service
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....
Read More »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.
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