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Congress Concludes FY25 Appropriations with Full-Year CR
On Friday, March 14th, the Senate passed a seven-month continuing resolution (CR) to avoid a government shutdown and conclude the FY25 appropriations season. The House passed the bill on Tuesday, March 11th, and President Trump signed it on March 15th....
Read More »Congress Passes Second Stopgap Spending Measure
In the early morning of December 21st, Congress passed a second continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government at current levels through March 14th. President Biden signed the stopgap bill shortly after receiving it from the Senate. The CR included...
Read More »Congress Enacts CR, Maintains FY24 Funding Levels Through Mid-December
Congress passed a stopgap funding bill on September 25th, avoiding a government shutdown and delaying FY25 spending discussions until after the election. The continuing resolution or CR maintains spending at FY24 enacted levels through December 20th. When members of Congress...
Read More »Congressional Service Caucus Introduces the Promoting Service through AmeriCorps Act
The co-chairs of the National Service Congressional Caucus – Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA) and Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA) – have introduced the Promoting Service through AmeriCorps Act in the House (H.R. 9569)...
Read More »House & Senate Consider Differing Proposals for AmeriCorps Appropriations
In July, the House and Senate Appropriations Committees separately met and marked up their FY 2025 Labor-HHS-Education bills and took vastly different approaches – in terms of top-line funding levels, bipartisanship, and for AmeriCorps specifically (referred to the in the...
Read More »Agency Releases Final AmeriCorps State and National Rule on Match Requirements, Education and Training Hours, and Term Limits
On May 28th, the AmeriCorps agency published the final AmeriCorps State and National rule designed to boost grant flexibility, reduce barriers to service, and expand access to workforce development opportunities for AmeriCorps members. The new regulations will go into effect...
Read More »Congressional Champions Urge Appropriators to Invest in AmeriCorps
This spring, a bipartisan group of nearly 140 members of Congress signed letters to the leaders of the Appropriations Committees urging them to invest in AmeriCorps in fiscal year (FY) 2025. The letters were led by the co-chairs of the...
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