As the negotiations over the next COVID package continue, Congress should include AmeriCorps and Senior Corps as powerful strategies for helping our nation recover from this pandemic.
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Let’s ‘Deploy This Army Of Goodwill’: Congress Must Expand National Service In Response To The Pandemic
The CORPS Act could be a lifeline for communities struggling to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, care for the sick, help families put food on the table and support schools that face formidable challenges this fall.
Read More »With Honor Action Launches $200,000 TV Ad Campaign Thanking Senator Roy Blunt for Supporting AmeriCorps and Senior Corps
With Honor Action – a cross-partisan movement dedicated to promoting and advancing principled veteran leadership in order to reduce polarization – is running a new TV ad thanking Senator Roy Blunt for supporting national service programs, including AmeriCorps and Senior...
Read More »WBUR: Let’s ‘Deploy this Army of Goodwill’: Congress Must Expand National Service in Response to the Pandemic
By Jim Balfanz and AnnMaura Connolly - The CORPS Act could be a lifeline for communities struggling to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, care for the sick, help families put food on the table and support schools that...
Read More »168 Civilian and Post-9/11 Veteran Service Organizations Urge Congress to Expand AmeriCorps and Senior Corps
168 civilian and post-9/11 veterans organizations have joined forces to urge the Congressional leadership to support the CORPS Act to expand AmeriCorps and Senior Corps in the next COVID-19 relief package.
Read More »New Research Shows an Unprecedented Return on Investment to the Federal Government and Communities from AmeriCorps and Senior Corps
A July 2020 study demonstrates that every $1 in federal taxes invested in AmeriCorps and Senior Corps returns $17.30 to society, program members, and the federal government.
Read More »Joplin Globe: Our View: CORPS Act Should Be a Funding Priority
By Joplin Globe Editorial Board - Beating the coronavirus will take an all-hands-on-deck approach. Investing in our national service workers and volunteers to provide critical support to our communities that have been hit hard by the virus' effects is a...
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