AmeriCorps, once a promising pathway to jobs for young adults, is under threat as the Trump administration calls for shuttering the agency.

The cuts are coming despite a preliminary judicial ruling in June which reinstated hundreds of AmeriCorps programs.

As many as 140 AmeriCorps members assigned to Washington, D.C., participate in a kickoff celebration at Freedom Plaza on Oct. 1, 2010. (Gerald Martineau for The Washington Post) ...

Trump's cuts to the federal service program eliminated thousands of positions that provided career pathways in small towns ...

According to the Washington Times, Armey went even further, calling the very concept of AmeriCorps “obnoxious.” The Times account was notably droll, observing for instance that “Mr. Armey is ...

AmeriCorps placed employees at its Washington headquarters and around the nation on administrative leave Wednesday as the Trump administration and DOGE moved to make sweeping cuts at an ...

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AmeriCorps officials said it's too soon to determine how many positions in Maryland, Virginia and the District are in jeopardy. Currently, Maryland has 1,294 AmeriCorps volunteers, the District ...

The federal government’s AmeriCorps program, which provides college-age Americans with opportunities to work at nonprofit organizations, should be turned into a larger effort to make either civilian ...

Ramona Washington, AmeriCorps' program director in Detroit, called the news a major loss for Detroit, where more than 1,060 members serve in more than 200 locations across the city.