Extra Good launched a report, “State Improvements in Nationwide Service & Volunteering” (opens as a pdf), in collaboration with Service Yr Alliance and America’s Service Commissions. The report, which was launched at Utah Governor Spencer Cox’s Why We Serve Symposium, highlights the case for nationwide service and volunteering, the numerous methods wherein governors, state legislators and AmeriCorps are increasing alternatives for Individuals to serve, and examples for the way leaders in different states can additional ignite a tradition of service to construct bridges throughout our variations and assist clear up public challenges. A press release from AmeriCorps CEO Michael D. Smith is included within the report. Full assertion under:
“For 30 years, AmeriCorps, the federal company for service and volunteering, has been partnering with governors and states, betting on the ability of nationwide service to convey Individuals collectively, strengthen communities, and clear up our most pressing challenges. Since our founding, greater than 1.25 million Individuals have served in AmeriCorps and hundreds of thousands extra have served with AmeriCorps Seniors – making a long-lasting impression of their communities whereas incomes greater than $4.5 billion in federal AmeriCorps Segal schooling awards and gaining abilities wanted for twenty first century jobs.
“Service shouldn’t be a nice-to-have—it’s indispensable to our democracy. Via AmeriCorps applications, communities throughout the nation turn out to be safer and extra civically engaged. AmeriCorps members earn cash for schooling, broaden their profession alternatives, and enhance lives—together with their very own.
“The impression of nationwide service is hyper-local, and it’s altering lives. Yearly, AmeriCorps, the largest grant maker for service, invests greater than $1 billion in nationwide service applications in all US states, Guam, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, and Washington DC, and native nations. States are the proving grounds for innovation and creativity in nationwide service—and AmeriCorps is proud to fund, inform, and amplify these success tales.
“As we work with governors and state leaders to create and broaden service alternatives, AmeriCorps continues to take daring steps to scale back limitations to service, broaden pathways to schooling and financial alternative, and guarantee AmeriCorps applications mirror the wealthy variety of our nation. And, as President Biden has championed, we’re dedicated to elevating the dwelling allowance to $15 per hour, to make it possible for everybody can have the chance to serve.
“As this report exhibits, when governors prioritize nationwide service, and associate with AmeriCorps and state service commissions, the advantages are transformative – from a stronger workforce and extra equitable entry to post-secondary schooling, to safer, more healthy, and extra unified communities.”
The previous press launch was supplied by an organization unaffiliated with NonProfit PRO. The views expressed inside don’t instantly mirror the ideas or opinions of the employees of NonProfit PRO.