In #NewYork, more than 65 AmeriCorps Seniors #FosterGrandparent vols had to pause service due to FY25 funds being withheld.
"The program has given me a reason to get up & going. I love the kids...I have a purpose in my life now.” - Foster Grandparent volunteer
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In #Iowa, the Hawkeye Community College AmeriCorps Seniors #SeniorCompanion program paused operations - impacting 50+ vols & the 75+ homebound seniors who depend on them.
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#Stand4Service
The Trump Administration continues to attack on AmeriCorps. This time OMB is withholding nearly $200 million in FY25 AmeriCorps funds - impacting 1000s of AmeriCorps members & AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers across the country.
Impounding funds is illegal, cruel & is harming communities.
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As DOGE takes aim at the Peace Corps, the sudden cancellation of the June departure of new volunteers to Kyrgyzstan “is particularly cruel and inefficient.”
Rural communities in #Colorado are feeling the pain of DOGE’s AmeriCorps cuts.
CO Lt Gov Primavera said: “AmeriCorps members’ service is the only support system in many rural towns; losing these programs isn’t just a budget issue, it’s a community resilience issue.”
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Cuts to AmeriCorps in #Kentucky aren’t just impacting the members who serve - but also the families & kiddos who rely on them.
As one parent said: “I don’t think my little boy would have learned to read had it not been for the services he received.”
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In Berkshire #Massachusetts, the hammers at Habitat construction sites have gone quiet & homes will take longer to build, thanks to DOGE’s termination of $400 million in AmeriCorps grants that abruptly ended the service of thousands of AmeriCorps members across the country.
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So sorry to hear you were impacted. AmeriCorps members have made a huge difference in Flint and across Michigan. Such a loss.
In #Wisconsin, AmeriCorps grant terminations mean about 430 AmeriCorps members who have been addressing such as literacy, conservation, homelessness & health care have been told to pack up & go home.
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The attack on AmeriCorps has grown exponentially in the past few days. $400M in grants were terminated. 32,000+ service members displaced. 1,000+ nonprofits impacted. And thousands more communities face the loss of critical services.
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I'm so sorry, Cameron! Definitely not the end to service you and your teammates deserved. But thank you for all you gave!
East #Philly resident, whose home was finally being repaired 4 years after #HurricaneIda, on #AmeriCorps NCCC departure:
“It’s devastating that they had to go home early. They are needed…not just needed by me…they’re needed all over.”
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AmeriCorps members were on the ground in #NorthCarolina responding to #HurricaneHelene within days of the storm. And many were still there….until now. 50+ #AmeriCorpsNCCC members were removed from service & sent home this week.
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It's almost the height of fire season in #Colorado & @AmeriCorpsNCCC was ready to help. Now they can't. An AmeriCorps NCCC team just helped Colorado Firecamp mitigate fire risks & another was expected this summer...until deployments were canceled by DOGE.
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AmeriCorps was ready to answer the call in #Wisconsin.
One @AmeriCorpsNCCC team was going to build a home in NW WI. Another was going to help foster youth in Plymouth. Another was about to build houses & trails in Wausau.
Now they aren't coming.
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AmeriCorps NCCC members serving supporting disaster recovery from #HurricaneDelta & the Spring 2024 storms in Lafayette #Louisiana were pulled mid-service.
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For 30+ years, @AmeriCorps has shown up when America needed it - changing lives & communities. Sadly, like too many critical services, it is facing devastating cuts. @AmeriCorpsNCCC teams are being demobilized. Federal staff are being placed on admin leave.
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Exclusive: Over the years, Elon Musk and his businesses have received at least $38 billion in government contracts, loans, subsidies and tax credits, often at critical moments, a Post analysis has found, helping seed the growth that has made him the world’s richest person.
“To billionaires in the White House, it may seem like a game. But to anyone with a heart, it’s about children’s lives and our own security, and what’s unfolding is sickening.” - @NickKristof on Trump’s illegal actions to eliminate #USAID
The shutdown chaos is the full responsibility of Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
If a multibillionaire says jump, the GOP says "how high?"—and working people suffer.
As Democrats, let's remind the country that we're the ones fighting for a government that actually works for working people.