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House and Senate Appropriations Committees Mark Up FY24 Spending Bills
On July 27, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved its Labor, Health and Human Service, Education Appropriations bill for fiscal year (FY) 2024. The bipartisan bill seeks an overall $224.4 billion for the federal agencies that are funded through the Labor-HHS...
Read More »House of Representatives Continues on Path of Cutting AmeriCorps to Lowest Level in 30 Years
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ranit Schmelzer, ranit@schmelzerstrategies.com House of Representatives Continues on Path of Cutting AmeriCorps to Lowest Level in 30 Years Voices for National Service thanks Reps. Matsui and Kilmer for their efforts to save AmeriCorps Washington, DC (November...
Read More »White House Launches the American Climate Corps
On September 20, President Biden issued an Executive Action to deliver on an Executive Order from 2021 to mobilize the next generation of conservation and resilience workers through the American Climate Corps (ACC). Modeled after the existing network of conservation...
Read More »Congressional Champions Urge Appropriators to Invest in AmeriCorps
This spring, a bipartisan group of 100+ members of Congress signed letters to the leaders of the Appropriations Committees urging them to invest in AmeriCorps in fiscal year (FY) 2024. The letters were led by the co-chairs of the National...
Read More »National Service Caucus Announces Expanded Bipartisan Leadership Team
The National Service Congressional Caucus announced expanded bipartisan leadership in both the House of Representative and the Senate on Friday, March 17th. The caucus is a bipartisan group of legislators dedicated to raising awareness of national service and expanding service...
Read More »House and Senate Introduce the ACTION for National Service Act for 118th Congress
Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and Representative John Larson (D-CT) reintroduced the America’s Call to Improve Opportunities Now (ACTION) for National Service Act for the 118th Congress, along with 35 original cosponsors across the House and Senate. The ACTION for National...
Read More »White House Releases FY24 Budget
The Biden-Harris Administration sent their fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget to Congress, requesting $1.479 billion for AmeriCorps. This is an increase of $166 million (nearly thirteen percent) over the FY23 enacted level.
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