Terminated AmeriCorps grants by Trump, DOGE totaled $1.9M in Idaho • Idaho Capital Sun

Terminated AmeriCorps grants by Trump, DOGE totaled $1.9M in Idaho • Idaho Capital Sun

AmeriCorps is a federal agency for public service and volunteerism that provides opportunities for Americans to serve communities in a variety of ways, including at local food pantries. (File photo courtesy of AmeriCorps)Tom Alvarez had been working with AmeriCorps for about two years in Idaho when he got the email in April.  Effective immediately, he was pulled off of his assignment and told not to have any contact with the project going forwar…

Terminated AmeriCorps grants by Trump totaled $1.9M in Idaho

Funding for after school programs, tutoring, teachers, housing and environmental protection among the cuts. Continue reading…