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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Congress’s 2018 spending deal is a step forward for national service

Congress’s FY18 omnibus spending bill increases funding for the Corporation for National and Community Service by $34M

WASHINGTON, DC (March 22, 2018) – “Over a year ago, national service and AmeriCorps faced elimination in the President’s FY18 budget proposal. In response, tens of thousands of national service advocates refused to accept this proposal and came together to make their voices heard — sending emails, making calls, signing petitions, dressing up as dinosaurs at the Capitol, and taking action in local communities across the country,” said Shirley Sagawa, CEO of Service Year Alliance. “Late last night, all of this hard work paid off when Congress released the text of their FY18 omnibus spending bill which increases funding for the Corporation for National and Community Service by $34M, increases funding for YouthBuild by $5M, and level funds the Peace Corps. Together with the national service field, we won a hard fought battle and successfully turned elimination into expansion.”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Service Year Alliance and Points of Light Agree to Transfer of AmeriCorps Alums

AmeriCorps Alums joins Service Year Alliance to boost service year field in innovative agreement with sector partner Points of Light

WASHINGTON, DC (March 14, 2018) – Today, in an effort to boost the service year field and advance shared missions, Service Year Alliance officially acquired AmeriCorps Alums from Points of Light. AmeriCorps Alums, which had been an enterprise of Points of Light since 2005, is the only national network that connects the over one million alumni of all AmeriCorps programs to resources that support their lifetime of service.

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