New faith-based and New York-based partnerships will support and unify community resilience efforts

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Corporation for National and Community Service, the federal agency that administers AmeriCorps, today announced the expansion of its innovative Resilience AmeriCorps program to 18 communities through partnerships with Catholic Charities USA, Enterprise Community Partners, Lutheran Services in America, and the New York Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery.

Local volunteers, AmeriCorps members, and Senior Corps volunteers serve with Rebuilding Together as part of National Rebuilding Month

DENVER – Today, Mayor B. Hancock of Denver, Colo. and Mayor Jennifer Roberts of Charlotte, N.C. hosted the fourth-annual Service Bowl project with Rebuilding Together, a leading national nonprofit in safe and healthy housing. The Service Bowl was held in partnership with the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the federal agency that administers AmeriCorps and Senior Corps.

DENVER – On Wednesday, April 27, Mayor Michael B. Hancock will welcome Mayor Jennifer Roberts of Charlotte, N.C. to Denver for the fourth-annual Service Bowl project. In partnership with the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the mayors placed a friendly Super Bowl wager focused on the importance of volunteering and community service.

Announcement includes more than 125 AmeriCorps members in Michigan, Minnesota, and New Mexico

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the federal agency that administers AmeriCorps, announced $1.3 million in investments that will allow additional AmeriCorps members to support state and local efforts addressing the water emergency, blight, and public safety in Flint, Mich. Today’s announcement builds on CNCS’ previous deployments of national service members to response operations in the area.

New partnerships with the New York Academy of Sciences, the STEM Funders Network, and the Afterschool Alliance will advance initiative President Obama launched in 2013

Record participation of officials representing 178 million Americans, more than half the U.S. population

WASHINGTON, D.C.  – More than 3,500 mayors, county, and tribal leaders from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico will participate in the fourth annual Mayor, County, and Tribal Recognition Day for National Service on Tuesday, April 5. Collectively, these mayors and county and tribal leaders represent 178 million Americans, more than half the U.S. population.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Tuesday, April 5, more than 3,000 mayors, along with county officials and tribal leaders, from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico will participate in the fourth annual Mayor, County, and Tribal Recognition Day for National Service.

More than 250 national service members support recovery efforts in Southern U.S.   

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the federal agency that administers AmeriCorps, announced that more than 250 AmeriCorps members and Senior Corps volunteers, including FEMA Corps, have been deployed to Louisiana and Texas in response to record flooding that swept the areas in early March.

On the eve of 107th birthday, Senior Corps Foster Grandparent honored for two and a half decades of service to area’s schoolchildren