Dear friends and supporters,
Many of you have already read the news that National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) AmeriCorps Members were exited early this week. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) recently began meetings with the AmeriCorps Agency (Corporation for National and Community Service) and is beginning to review their various programs, oversight, and grants management systems. NCCC is just one of several National Service programs administered by CNCS including AmeriCorps State and National, VISTA, and AmeriCorps Seniors.
AFNHA AmeriCorps is partially funded with a grant from AmeriCorps federal through their State and National program. It is a public-private partnership that has to date provided over 700,000 hours of professional development to its participating members, and the same number of hours to our AFNHA partners for boots on the ground projects in areas such as historic preservation, nature conservation and monitoring, cultural preservation, storytelling, trail building, and education.
Our current understanding is that while AmeriCorps funding remains in place for the current fiscal year, staffing is being cut all across the federal program endangering the viability of this federally legislated and appropriated program. It is now more important than ever that our elected officials and members of the public understand the value of AmeriCorps and its impact in our communities.
We call on you to share how AmeriCorps has impacted you, your community, and our region and express your support for National Service.
Take Action:
Contact your Members of Congress using the outreach tool provided by Voices for National Service, and contribute your service year story to help showcase why we need AmeriCorps.
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Learn more about our individual AmeriCorps members and how they are serving their sites and communities. In our 2023-24 member service year, we supported 34 AmeriCorps members at 20 organizations whose sites, programs, and activities were visited by 39,860 individuals. These members delivered educational programs to an audience of over 5,000 individuals, treated and improved 1,052 acres of public land, and managed 1,501 hours of volunteer service.
In 2024, AmeriCorps programs produced federal funding and local project support totalling $31,089,477 in Maryland and $20,808,549 in West Virginia.
