US EditionAmeriCorps cuts leave people who serve and community organizations scrambling for alternatives
- In mid-April 2025, the Department of Government Efficiency placed most AmeriCorps staff on administrative leave, disrupting national service programs.
- These cuts followed DOGE's mandate to reduce government spending, terminating funding for about 80% of AmeriCorps programs and ending grants to Wisconsin's Serve Wisconsin.
- The funding loss stopped work at over 300 Wisconsin sites, eliminated 430 AmeriCorps jobs, and forced nonprofits and communities to scramble for alternatives amid growing uncertainty.
- Guenther emphasized that service reductions are inevitable due to the $14 million federal funding cuts, which threaten support for vulnerable groups.
- The cuts prompted a 25-state coalition lawsuit challenging the administration’s actions, while affected organizations and corps members seek emergency funding amid concerns over sustainability.
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About $80,000 raised to support Maryland AmeriCorps programs gutted by Trump - The Southern Maryland Chronicle
Private donors have chipped in $80,000 to help AmeriCorps programs in Maryland that were slashed by the Trump administration, Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City) said Thursday at a news conference in Baltimore.That money is just a fraction of the millions in federal funds that Maryland lost when the cuts were announced last month, leading to the elimination of at least 550 positions at organizations around the state. But s…
Without AmeriCorps, rural communities will lose essential social services
On Friday, 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…
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Wisconsin Public RadioCuts to federal volunteer program AmeriCorps leaves Wisconsin programs scrambling
Cuts to the federal volunteer program AmeriCorps are already affecting projects in Wisconsin, with one conservation agency losing more than half of their staffers this year.
FEDERAL FALLOUT | 'Addressing critical needs': AmeriCorps' future, backpack project in jeopardy after 'abrupt and unforeseen' cuts
Since its inception 12 years ago, the Cambria County Backpack Project has partnered with AmeriCorps to meet the mission of serving food-insecure children throughout the area, Executive Director Kristen Villarrial said.
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