Montana, it's time to protect AmeriCorps

DOGE cuts to Americorps ‘a devastating blow to the state of Wyoming’

Following the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency’s order Friday to cancel nearly $400 million in AmeriCorps grants, organizations across Wyoming are preparing for cuts to a wide range of services, including alternative education programs, agricultural extension offices, the state’s…

Montana, it's time to protect AmeriCorps

If you've ever served — or been helped by someone who has — now is the time to act. We are asking Montanans to call on Sens. Steve Daines and Tim Sheehy, and Reps. Ryan Zinke and Troy Downing to…

DOGE cut ends two decades of AmeriCorps in Sitka

Sitka AmeriCorps program director Sarah Lawrie (lower right) with Sitka corps members in 2024. The AmeriCorps program has supported Sitka’s nonprofits, government agencies, and schools for 21 years. Corps members earn a stipend, and an education award that they can use to pay student loans or college tuition.It was no secret that DOGE, the quasi-department created by President Trump and overseen by billionaire Elon Musk, had begun dismantling th…

Washtenaw County Community Action Network loses federal AmeriCorps funding

In an email Monday afternoon, the Community Action Network, an organization that provides educational and other support services to underserved families in Washtenaw County, notified its followers of the immediate termination of their funding from AmeriCorps, a government agency that engages Americans through service and volunteerism. This follows after a previous CAN email expressed uncertainty about funding status under President Donald Trump’…

City of New Orleans vows support after AmeriCorps VISTA grant abruptly terminated

The City of New Orleans says it’s working to support impacted service members after the sudden termination of its AmeriCorps VISTA grant.

City, area nonprofits lose AmeriCorps VISTA workers following federal funding cuts

SHAMOKIN — Two city organizations abruptly lost their AmeriCorps Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) workers late Friday evening after being notified in an email from a central AmeriCorps branch that their positions had been terminated, effective immediately.