Service Year Alliance statement on House Appropriations L-HHS Subcommittee’s Proposed Cuts to AmeriCorps in FY24 Budget
Service Year Alliance released the following statement in response to the House Appropriations L-HHS Subcommittee’s Proposed Cuts to AmeriCorps in the FY24 Budget:
“Service Year Alliance is deeply disheartened by the House Appropriations Labor, Health, and Human Services FY24 Subcommittee markup released last week, which would cut funding for AmeriCorps by 50 percent from FY23 levels — the lowest level of resources for the agency in nearly three decades. If enacted, the bill would remove tens of thousands of AmeriCorps members from communities nationwide, devastating nonprofits as well as faith-based and community organizations that rely on them to meet local needs. To make matters worse, the bill also shockingly cuts the entirety of the National Service Trust, a critical tool to increase postsecondary education access and affordability for those who serve, leaving AmeriCorps members empty-handed, without the education awards they rightfully earned.