US EditionWithout AmeriCorps Rural Communities Will Lose Essential Social Services
- In late April 2025, the Department of Government Efficiency eliminated funding for more than 1,000 AmeriCorps programs nationwide, reducing support by approximately $400 million.
- These abrupt federal cuts followed decisions by the Trump Administration and sparked a lawsuit filed by 24 states, including Colorado and Kentucky, accusing the cuts of being unconstitutional.
- The funding cuts critically affect rural initiatives such as the Montezuma School to Farm Project in Cortez, Colorado, which relies on AmeriCorps members and aims to harvest thousands of pounds of food annually while currently covering just $300 per member from their own resources.
- Redford explained that the impact cascades throughout the system: without the ability to produce food, it cannot be delivered to food banks, resulting in a shortage of fresh supplies for those in need.
- If the lawsuit fails, crucial AmeriCorps services will stop immediately, threatening community resilience in rural areas without alternative resources to fill the void.
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Without AmeriCorps rural communities will lose essential social services
Without AmeriCorps rural communities will lose essential social services On April 25, Sorrell Redford, education director for Montezuma School to Farm Project, heard that their AmeriCorps funding through Serve Colorado would run out following abrupt cuts from the federal government. The agency bought themselves a few extra days by cobbling together two weeks-worth of funds to help ease the transition and possibly, to tide them over until a court…
Without AmeriCorps rural communities will lose essential social services | News Channel 3-12
Without AmeriCorps rural communities will lose essential social services On April 25, Sorrell Redford, education director for Montezuma School to Farm Project, heard that their AmeriCorps funding through Serve Colorado would run out following abrupt cuts from the federal government. The agency bought themselves a few extra days by cobbling together two weeks-worth of funds to help ease the transition and possibly, to tide them over until a court…
DOGE cuts to AmeriCorps funding imperils programs serving Georgia communities
This story is part of Atlanta Civic Circle’s ongoing reporting from our Community Impact Survey, which is gathering firsthand accounts from people across metro Atlanta on how federal actions are affecting them. When Jessica Johnson, executive director of The Scholarship Academy, received an email in late April from Georgia Serves, she didn’t expect to be told to immediately shut down her AmeriCorps program. But that’s exactly what happened. Almo…
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