AmeriCorps is under siege. What happens in the communities it serves?
Posted by News from the States on August 26, 2025
Like so many longstanding federal programs and institutions severely reduced or dismantled as part of President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency project, AmeriCorps — and its nonprofit partners — are now assessing the damage and seeking a way forward.
AmeriCorps programs that survived last spring’s DOGE cuts are slowly beginning a new year of service amid major uncertainty over whether they will be able to continue their work in classrooms, food banks, senior centers and other community hubs. Two federal district judges have ordered some funding restored. But for many it was too late, and AmeriCorps’ future still feels shaky.
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