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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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 …
Reader's View: Cuts to AmeriCorps a 'terrible mistake'
At the end of the week of April 21, dozens of Twin Ports community members abruptly learned their AmeriCorps contracts were terminated months prematurely and without notice due to their service “no longer effectuat(ing) agency priorities.” The immediate impact of this shortsighted decision by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is that these local servant-hearted individuals are suddenly without living stipends and benefits. Many will…
Saving AmeriCorps: What’s at Stake and Why We Must Act Now - Non Profit News
Image Credit: Photo by Elissa Garcia on Unsplash AmeriCorps, an independent federal agency with a $1 billion budget that places over 200,000 people in intensive service roles each year, typically with host nonprofits, was formally established in 1993. For 30 years, it was a firmly bipartisan program. While it was officially launched under President Bill Clinton, a Democrat, it built heavily on the 1990 National and Community Service Act, a progr…
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