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AP: Volunteers came back to nonprofits in 2023, after the pandemic tanked participation
Thalia Beaty | Nov. 19, 2024
From foster grandparents who volunteer at an early child care center to citizen scientists who collect water quality data in remote locations, nonprofit volunteers have come back after the pandemic.
Justin Trobaugh
KNWA | August 25, 2022
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences was awarded more than $250,000 in American Rescue Plan funding as part of the AmeriCorps VISTA program’s food security initiative. UAMS will work with AmeriCorps to address food security and to improve the state’s food system. Read more on KNWA.
Jason Miller
Federal News Network | August 4, 2022
AmeriCorps becomes the third agency to win funding from the Technology Modernization Fund Board and the Office of Management and Budget to modernize its community grants management system that serves more than 2,800 non-profits, faith and community based organizations. Read more on Federal News Networks.
Mindy Basara
WBALTV | August 4, 2022
The second gentleman visited Baltimore to join with AmeriCorps CEO Michael D. Smith, and AmeriCorps members serving with Civic Works in service. Together they planted tree and shrubs to create a community greenspace in southwest Baltimore. Read more on WBALTV.
Jessica Blake
Chalkbeat | August 2, 2022
Across the country, plans for new tutoring and mentoring programs have sometimes been scaled back, delayed, or scrapped as schools struggled to find the people they needed. The Biden administration is trying to solve that problem with a new initiative called the National Partnership for Student Success. Read more on Chalkbeat.
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