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#Trump admin must restore #AmeriCorps programs in 24 states, judge rules

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.581470/gov.uscourts.mdd.581470.148.0_3.pdf

A federal judge ordered the Trump admin on Thursday to restore programs funded by AmeriCorps grants in 24 Democratic-led states but declined to bar the #FederalAgency for national service & volunteering from cutting the bulk of its workforce.

#law
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-must-restore-americorps-programs-24-states-judge-rules-2025-06-05/

See I'm the 180° flipside of cutting #AmeriCorps and #JobCorps, I want them fully funded and provide similar benefits as the military 🤓

#Trump’s #budget calls for an elimination of the federal agency known as #AmeriCorps, whose funding for nationwide #CommunityService programs had already been slashed & its staff sent home.
Also on the list of agencies to be eliminated, which the admin said will “reduce *waste* & reduce unnecessary governmental entities,” are several small govt institutions that have been effectively gutted by #Musk’s #DOGE, including the US Institute of #Peace [#USIP] & the #Smithsonian’s Woodrow Wilson Center.

#ElonMusk’s #DOGE has ordered #AmeriCorps to terminate close to $400M in #grants — roughly 41% of the national service agency’s total funding for 2025, acc/to 3 people….

It’s the latest in a series of blows to the org, which deploys thousands of young people to work on #CommunityService projects across the US. The decision to eliminate millions of dollars in grants affects 1,031 orgs, & 32,465 AmeriCorps members & senior volunteers, the people said.

#Trump #coup
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/04/25/americorps-grant-cuts-doge/

I am an AmeriCorps NCCC alum, and while I have very mixed feelings about my time with the program, AmeriCorps just got DOGEd and there are young folks who just wanted to serve who need our help. I had the misfortune of being in the class of 2013, when the government shut down, delaying our start by weeks, and possibly completely canceling that service year entirely. I was homeless. I was very lucky, and had folks I could couch surf with, and managed to get through it just fine, but the anxiety of having a program I gave up my living situation for falling through like that has stayed with me.

The NCCC class of 2025 were in the program already when the rug got pulled out from under them. If you are an AmeriCorps Alum, check whatever network space you might have with past programs and teammates, and you will likely find links and forms for helping connect you to a current corps-member who needs aid. If you don't have access, let me know and I will privately send you a link.

The 18-26 year olds who join this group do it because they think they have the ability to be a force for good in the world. AmeriCorps does not have the same pull or benefits of military service, these are kids who largely believe in the mission. Help these kids, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because they represent, more than most, the spark of hope we need in this world, and right now that needs to be protected.

#NCCC #AmeriCorps #DOGE #USPol #MutualAid #help #collapse #LateStageCapitalism

I'm still using Twitter because I find events such as today's webinar focused on Student Success. See this post & follow at https://x.com/nps_success/status/1719747408249106930?s=20

#youthdevelopment #tutor #mentor #nationalservice #AmeriCorps #education #philanthropy

I’ve lived in #DC, #Maine, #Thailand, and #Melbourne, but #Richmond, #Virginia is my home.

I’m a #womenintech. I think a lot about #diversity and #representation in #media, #education, and #publishing (and everywhere else).

Alum of #williamandmary, #urichmond, #upenn, #saltinstitute, and #americorps.

I'm always excited to talk about #books, #movies, #podcasts, #creativeprojects, #rockclimbing, #nature, #poetry, #travel, #art, #cooking, #cocktails, #RVA, and/or cool #octopus facts. (2/2)