Archive for the ‘ Funding ’ Category
Will the House kill the Corporation for National and Community Service? The battle According to Voices for National Service, this week the U.S. House of Representatives begins consideration of H.R. 1, a Continuing Resolution that will fund the last 7 months of Fiscal Year 2011 and eliminate AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, Learn & Serve America and the Volunteer Generation [ READ MORE ]
ServeNext— the organization whose mission is to expand opportunities in voluntary service as a way to address social ills and strengthen democracy— is participating in this month’s Pepsi Refresh Project. So is Atlas Corps, the international service corps with the online contest Midas Touch. And you can vote for them both every day in February. [ READ MORE ]
Youth Service America is looking to fund middle-school based service learning projects incorporating science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) curricula[ READ MORE ]
I listened to an open conference call hosted by Corporation for National and Community Service Chief of Program Operations Kristin McSwain. I am not going to post the more technical aspects of the call, but here are a few points I found interesting. “Stimulus” members will serve alongside traditional members in existing programs (VISTA might [ READ MORE ]
CNCS has a established an official page dedicated to how the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 will affect national service. The plans are still a bit vague, but the dollars roll out quickly. I imagine existing programs will see an influx of members serving in economy-related areas pretty soon here. For anyone with [ READ MORE ]
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