By Jonathan Allen - National service organizations are pressing Congress to expand AmeriCorps and similar programs in the next coronavirus relief package to employ hundreds of thousands of young people to help rebuild communities devastated by the pandemic.
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Kansas City Star: National Service Can Help Lift Missouri out of a COVID-19 Education Disaster
By Mark Donovan - As members of Congress looks for ways to support communities, they should consider expanding AmeriCorps.
Read More »NCR: America Needs a Post-COVID National Service Program
By Yonce Shelton - Bipartisan CORPS Act deserves our support
Read More »Seattle Biz Journals: Opinion: It’s Time to Expand National Service by Young Americans
By Bob Watt, John Stanton - The CORPS Act is bipartisan legislation that would multiply the number of Americans who can serve each year through AmeriCorps and increase compensation to make it possible for all to serve.
Read More »Baltimore Biz Journals: Viewpoint: Our young adults want to change the world. Let’s give them the opportunity
By Lauren Averella- Beyond having more feet on the ground to strengthen Baltimore’s communities, expanding AmeriCorps would help organizations like Civic Works give individuals invaluable life experience and arm them with the resources and skills they need to enter fields...
Read More »Washington Post: Congress’s Bipartisan National-Service Bill Would Be a Powerful Tonic for What’s Ailing America
By David Ignatius - Congress is weighing a bipartisan proposal to expand national-service programs to create jobs, help contain the coronavirus pandemic and begin to unify a divided country.
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To Heal America, Look to National Service
The CORPS Act would expand America’s investment in national service programs to allow for the immediate, targeted deployment of tens of thousands of civilian service members in communities all across the country.
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