US EditionAmeriCorps cuts prompt two dozen states to sue Trump administration
- On April 29, 2025, attorneys general from 23 states filed a lawsuit in Maryland challenging President Trump's executive order that cut AmeriCorps grants and slashed its workforce by 85 percent.
- The lawsuit challenges an early February executive order that directed federal agencies to cut staff and end funding, with coalition leaders arguing that the order unlawfully bypasses legal procedures and infringes upon the constitutional balance of authority between branches of government.
- AmeriCorps, a federal agency established by Congress nearly three decades ago with a $557 million budget for its State and National program, engages more than 200,000 participants annually through 1,021 programs that operate in schools, food banks, veteran centers, and other community organizations.
- Rachel Bruns of America’s Service Commissions expressed uncertainty about the future of services in the communities affected by the grant cuts, highlighting that some state programs have lost their entire grant allocations.
- The lawsuit seeks to stop what Colorado’s attorney general describes as the unlawful dismantling of AmeriCorps, emphasizing that the funding cuts hinder states’ capacity to support community service programs and violate the government's duty to properly enforce Congressional mandates.
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AmeriCorps cuts are ‘devastating’ for nonprofit Native American school in South Dakota, lawsuit says
Pine Ridge is located in southwestern South Dakota on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The town has a population just under 3,000 and is the headquarters of the Oglala Sioux Tribe. (Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight)The Trump administration’s decision to abruptly cut AmeriCorps funding has had a “devastating impact” on a nonprofit school for Native American children in South Dakota, according to a lawsuit. Red Cloud Indian School Inc., w…
Attorney General Raúl Torrez Joins Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration’s Dismantling of National Volunteer Public Service Agency, AmeriCorps
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez, as part of a multistate coalition, filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s termination of AmeriCorps grants and the dismantling of the agency though an 85% reduction of its workforce, effectively ending the agency’s ability to continue administering the programs, operations, and funding that make its important work possible. AmeriCorps is an independent federal agency tasked with engaging A…
What cuts to AmeriCorps mean for Louisiana — and how one group is fighting back
WASHINGTON – The Baton Rouge-based Louisiana Delta Service Corps is joining a growing resistance to President Donald Trump’s decision to dismantle AmeriCorps, which helps fund the community-based projects of local nonprofits across the state.
AmeriCorps pulls out of Selma - The Selma Times‑Journal
Earlier this week, the City of Selma announced the termination of the Selma AmeriCorps Neighborhood Development Initiative. Mayor James Perkins Jr. said in a press release that his office was notified on Sunday, April 27 by the Governor’s Office of Volunteer Services that the Federal Corporation for National and Community Service made the decision to cut the program. “This abrupt termination brings an untimely end to a program that has not only …
Local AmeriCorps members impacted by federal cuts
BINGHAMTON, NY (WIVT/WBGH) - Local non-profits are up in arms after federal cuts have led to significant staffing losses. On Monday, local organizations found out that the federal Public Health AmeriCorps grant was unexpectedly terminated, leaving people without jobs, and lots of questions. The Rural Health Network of South-Central New York is the AmeriCorps grantee recipient, who distributes the funds across several local non-profits including …
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