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For decades, AmeriCorps members have responded to our country's most immediate and critical needs. They are the "people power" that local nonprofit, faith-based, and community organizations rely on to deliver services and make a difference in local communities. While helping others, AmeriCorps members develop in-demand job skills, preparing a cohort of Americans to succeed in the workforce, and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers experience a decrease in isolation and loneliness.

Despite being a model of efficient and effective government, the resources and programs that AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers provide have been significantly disrupted since April 2025, through grant terminations, the demobilization of AmeriCorps NCCC members, and the dismissal of nearly 85% of the agency staff.

Now, President Trump's FY26 budget has proposed the complete elimination of AmeriCorps, and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is withholding approximately $200 million in FY25 federal funds intended for AmeriCorps programs. Congress appropriated these funds, and OMB's decision to impound them is unprecedented and threatens nonprofits and community organizations that rely on AmeriCorps funding.

AmeriCorps funds respond to local needs and are largely administered by states, not the federal government, to keep state and local priorities front and center. At a time when states are experiencing significant natural disasters, increasing costs stemming from increased social service needs, workforce gaps, and more, AmeriCorps delivers urgently needed resources to support communities across the country.

We need your help.

Use our sample social media posts and graphics to urge your followers to email Congress. The email message is new and specific to the current, pressing threats to AmeriCorps.

This is an unprecedented moment and we need everyone to take action to contact their members of Congress.

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AmeriCorps is under attack: 1️⃣ The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is withholding nearly $200 million in AmeriCorps funds, preventing 19,000 @AmeriCorps members and @AmeriCorpsSeniors volunteers from starting service right now; and, 2️⃣ The President’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget proposes to eliminate AmeriCorps entirely. If we don’t act, students will lose out on vital tutoring and support services, disaster teams won’t be available to deploy as we reach peak hurricane and wildfire season, and communities like ours will suffer. Email Congress today and ask your lawmakers to help release FY25 funds & protect FY26 funding for AmeriCorps. Take a #Stand4Service today: https://bit.ly/TakeActionAC #SaveAmeriCorps #NationalService

AmeriCorps is under attack:
1️⃣ The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is withholding nearly $200 million in AmeriCorps funds, preventing 19,000 @AmeriCorps members and @AmeriCorpsSeniors volunteers from starting service right now; and,
2️⃣ The President’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget proposes to eliminate AmeriCorps entirely.

If we don’t act, students will lose out on vital tutoring and support services, disaster teams won’t be available to deploy as we reach peak hurricane and wildfire season, and communities like ours will suffer.

Email Congress today and ask your lawmakers to help release FY25 funds & protect FY26 funding for AmeriCorps. Take a #Stand4Service today: https://bit.ly/TakeActionAC #SaveAmeriCorps #NationalService

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AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps Seniors programs provide community organizations with the people power they need to tackle critical challenges—from tutoring students and supporting disaster recovery to helping older adults live independently. But AmeriCorps is facing new and unprecedented threats: • The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is withholding nearly $200 million in funding for approved grantees, leaving more than 19,000 @AmeriCorps and @AmeriCorpsSeniors members unable to begin service. • The President’s FY26 budget proposes to eliminate AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps Seniors altogether. This means lost services, lost opportunity, and real harm to communities across the country. Email Congress today and ask your lawmakers to help release FY25 funds and protest FY26 funding for AmeriCorps. 📣 Take a #Stand4Service today: https://bit.ly/TakeActionAC #SaveAmeriCorps

AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps Seniors programs provide community organizations with the people power they need to tackle critical challenges—from tutoring students and supporting disaster recovery to helping older adults live independently.

But AmeriCorps is facing new and unprecedented threats:
• The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is withholding nearly $200 million in funding for approved grantees, leaving more than 19,000 @AmeriCorps and @AmeriCorpsSeniors members unable to begin service.
• The President’s FY26 budget proposes to eliminate AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps Seniors altogether.

This means lost services, lost opportunity, and real harm to communities across the country.

Email Congress today and ask your lawmakers to help release FY25 funds and protest FY26 funding for AmeriCorps.

📣 Take a #Stand4Service today: https://bit.ly/TakeActionAC #SaveAmeriCorps

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🚨 Since April, nearly 100,000 emails have been sent to Congress asking them to #Stand4Service—thank you to everyone who’s taken action! But the fight isn’t over. Despite this incredible show of support, @AmeriCorps is facing serious threats: 📌 FY25: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is withholding nearly $200 million in funding 📌 FY26: The President’s budget proposes eliminating AmeriCorps entirely We need you in this fight! Take 2 minutes to email your lawmakers and tell Congress to protect and invest in AmeriCorps: https://bit.ly/TakeActionAC #SaveAmeriCorps #NationalService #AmeriCorpsSeniors

🚨 Since April, nearly 100,000 emails have been sent to Congress asking them to #Stand4Service—thank you to everyone who’s taken action!

But the fight isn’t over.

Despite this incredible show of support, @AmeriCorps is facing serious threats:
📌 FY25: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is withholding nearly $200 million in funding
📌 FY26: The President’s budget proposes eliminating AmeriCorps entirely

We need you in this fight!

Take 2 minutes to email your lawmakers and tell Congress to protect and invest in AmeriCorps: https://bit.ly/TakeActionAC

#SaveAmeriCorps #NationalService #AmeriCorpsSeniors

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“We have volunteers that have been serving our program for 21 years, and for some of our grandparents, this has been the difference between living independently and the end of their life and the quality of their life as they know it,” said Donna Fullhart, Senior Programs Director at the Western Indiana Community Action Agency. Despite the programs many benefits, funding for @AmeriCorps and @AmeriCorpsSeniors is at risk. Join us and take 2 minutes of your day to email your members of Congress and ask them to: 1️⃣ Demand the release of nearly $200M in FY25 congressionally appropriated grants frozen by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 2️⃣ Protect AmeriCorps funding in FY26 appropriations Click here to act using our quick and easy template: https://bit.ly/TakeActionAC #Stand4Service #SaveAmeriCorps #NationalService

“We have volunteers that have been serving our program for 21 years, and for some of our grandparents, this has been the difference between living independently and the end of their life and the quality of their life as they know it,” said Donna Fullhart, Senior Programs Director at the Western Indiana Community Action Agency. Despite the programs many benefits, funding for @AmeriCorps and @AmeriCorpsSeniors is at risk.

Join us and take 2 minutes of your day to email your members of Congress and ask them to:
1️⃣ Demand the release of nearly $200M in FY25 congressionally appropriated grants frozen by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
2️⃣ Protect AmeriCorps funding in FY26 appropriations

Click here to act using our quick and easy template: https://bit.ly/TakeActionAC #Stand4Service #SaveAmeriCorps #NationalService

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🚨We need your help! @AmeriCorps programs nationwide are facing existential threats as the Office of Management and Budget is withholding nearly $200M in FY25 approved grants and the President’s FY26 budget proposes to completely eliminate AmeriCorps. You know the importance of #NationalService in your community, but do your lawmakers? Take a few minutes of your day to send a direct message urging them to protect AmeriCorps. 📝 Use our quick form: https://bit.ly/TakeActionAC 📣 Then share it with your friends, alumni, and networks. Let’s make sure Congress knows: AmeriCorps matters. #SaveAmeriCorps #Stand4Service

🚨We need your help! @AmeriCorps programs nationwide are facing existential threats as the Office of Management and Budget is withholding nearly $200M in FY25 approved grants and the President’s FY26 budget proposes to completely eliminate AmeriCorps.

You know the importance of #NationalService in your community, but do your lawmakers? Take a few minutes of your day to send a direct message urging them to protect AmeriCorps.

📝 Use our quick form: https://bit.ly/TakeActionAC

📣 Then share it with your friends, alumni, and networks.

Let’s make sure Congress knows: AmeriCorps matters.

#SaveAmeriCorps #Stand4Service

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DYK that @WHOMB is currently withholding $200M in FY25 @AmeriCorps funds & the President’s FY26 budget proposes to eliminate all #NationalService funding? Help #SaveAmeriCorps. Tell Congress to #Stand4Service: release the funds & protect FY26 funding https://bit.ly/TakeActionAC

DYK that @WHOMB is currently withholding $200M in FY25 @AmeriCorps funds & the President’s FY26 budget proposes to eliminate all #NationalService funding? Help #SaveAmeriCorps. Tell Congress to #Stand4Service: release the funds & protect FY26 funding https://bit.ly/TakeActionAC

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Urgent action needed! Nearly 19K @AmeriCorps & @AmeriCorpsSr are unable to begin service as FY25 grant funds are frozen by @WHOMB & the President’s FY26 budget proposes to shutdown @AmeriCorps entirely. Ask Congress to take a #Stand4Service: https://bit.ly/TakeActionAC

Urgent action needed! Nearly 19K @AmeriCorps & @AmeriCorpsSr are unable to begin service as FY25 grant funds are frozen by @WHOMB & the President’s FY26 budget proposes to shutdown @AmeriCorps entirely. Ask Congress to take a #Stand4Service: https://bit.ly/TakeActionAC

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Thanks to you, nearly 100K emails were sent to Congress asking them to #Stand4Service. Despite this strong outpouring of support, @AmeriCorps is facing new threats. Take 2 mins to email Congress and urge your lawmakers to protect & invest in #AmeriCorps. Bit.ly/TakeActionAC

Thanks to you, nearly 100K emails were sent to Congress asking them to #Stand4Service. Despite this strong outpouring of support, @AmeriCorps is facing new threats. Take 2 mins to email Congress and urge your lawmakers to protect & invest in #AmeriCorps. Bit.ly/TakeActionAC

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🚨 @WHOMB froze nearly $200M in approved @AmeriCorps grants. Programs are running out of time to receive these funds, or be forced to scale back or shut down. 👉 Tell Congress to act now: https://bit.ly/TakeActionAC #SaveAmeriCorps #Stand4Service

🚨 @WHOMB froze nearly $200M in approved @AmeriCorps grants. Programs are running out of time to receive these funds, or be forced to scale back or shut down. 👉 Tell Congress to act now: https://bit.ly/TakeActionAC #SaveAmeriCorps #Stand4Service

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The fight to #SaveAmeriCorps isn’t over – and we need your help! Will you join us in taking a #Stand4Service? Ask your lawmakers to urge @WHOMB to release FY25 congressionally appropriated @AmeriCorps funds & protect #NationalService in the FY26 budget. Bit.ly/TakeActionAC

The fight to #SaveAmeriCorps isn’t over – and we need your help! Will you join us in taking a #Stand4Service? Ask your lawmakers to urge @WHOMB to release FY25 congressionally appropriated @AmeriCorps funds & protect #NationalService in the FY26 budget. Bit.ly/TakeActionAC

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AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps Seniors programs that fuel community solutions are facing unprecedented threats.

Nearly $200M in FY25 funds are being held back by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), stalling 19,000+ members & volunteers from serving, and the President’s FY26 budget proposes to eliminate @AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps Seniors entirely.

Communities can’t afford to lose these services!
Use the link in bio (https://bit.ly/TakeActionAC) to ask Congress to:
✔️ Urge OMB to release the congressionally appropriated FY25 funds
✔️ Protect level funding in FY26

#Stand4Service #SaveAmeriCorps #NationalService

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AmeriCorps is facing new threats as the Office of Management and Budget is withholding nearly $200M in appropriated funds — preventing 19,000+ @AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers from starting service — and the President’s FY26 budget is proposing to eliminate AmeriCorps entirely.

This is an urgent moment. We must take action and ask Congress to take a #Stand4Service.

Use the link in bio to contact Congress now: https://bit.ly/TakeActionAC #SaveAmeriCorps #NationalService

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AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps Seniors are crucial for our communities, yet their funding is under threat. With nearly $200M in appropriated funds being withheld by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), over 19,000 @AmeriCorps members and volunteers are stalled from serving their communities. We cannot afford to lose these services!

Use the link in bio to urge Congress to release FY25 funds and protect FY26 funding bit.ly/TakeAction #Stand4Service #SaveAmeriCorps #NationalService

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AmeriCorps is at risk—OMB has frozen nearly $200M in congressionally appropriated funding @AmeriCorps funding, and the President’s budget request for FY26 has proposed complete elimination of the program.

Use the link in bio to tell Congress:
✔️ Release FY25 funds
✔️ Protect FY26 funding

#Stand4Service #SaveAmeriCorps #NationalService

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Join the fight to #SaveAmeriCorps in under two minutes! Use our Contact Congress form to send an email to your lawmakers and ask them to urge OMB to release the FY25 congressionally appropriated @AmeriCorps funds and protect #NationalService in the FY26 budget.

🔗 Link in bio or go to bit.ly/TakeActionAC #Stand4Service

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AmeriCorps responds to our country’s most immediate and critical needs, providing community organizations with the people power they need to address local challenges – all while yielding more than $17 in benefits to the nation for every $1 invested by Congress. However, despite its clear value, @AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps Seniors have been targeted for elimination in the President’s FY26 Budget. To begin dismantling AmeriCorps immediately, the Office of Management and Budget is withholding nearly $200 million in AmeriCorps funds previously appropriated by Congress, a move that is preventing 19,000 AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers from starting their service term. Help us protect #NationalService: send an email to Congress today demanding that FY25 funds be released and FY26 funding protected: https://bit.ly/TakeActionAC #Stand4Service #SaveAmeriCorps

AmeriCorps responds to our country’s most immediate and critical needs, providing community organizations with the people power they need to address local challenges – all while yielding more than $17 in benefits to the nation for every $1 invested by Congress.

However, despite its clear value, @AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps Seniors have been targeted for elimination in the President’s FY26 Budget. To begin dismantling AmeriCorps immediately, the Office of Management and Budget is withholding nearly $200 million in AmeriCorps funds previously appropriated by Congress, a move that is preventing 19,000 AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers from starting their service term.

Help us protect #NationalService: send an email to Congress today demanding that FY25 funds be released and FY26 funding protected: https://bit.ly/TakeActionAC #Stand4Service #SaveAmeriCorps

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AmeriCorps is facing new and unprecedented threats: -FY25: Nearly $200 million in congressionally appropriated @AmeriCorps grant funds are stalled at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), leading to 19,000 AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers who are unable to start service. -FY26: The President’s budget eliminates AmeriCorps altogether. Communities can’t afford either outcome. Tell Congress to work with OMB to release FY25 dollars and protect AmeriCorps funding in FY26. 📣 Act now → https://bit.ly/TakeActionAC #Stand4Service #SaveAmeriCorps #NationalService

AmeriCorps is facing new and unprecedented threats:
-FY25: Nearly $200 million in congressionally appropriated @AmeriCorps grant funds are stalled at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), leading to 19,000 AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers who are unable to start service.
-FY26: The President’s budget eliminates AmeriCorps altogether.

Communities can’t afford either outcome. Tell Congress to work with OMB to release FY25 dollars and protect AmeriCorps funding in FY26.

📣 Act now → https://bit.ly/TakeActionAC #Stand4Service #SaveAmeriCorps #NationalService

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Thanks to supporters like you, nearly 100,000 messages have been sent to Congress urging them to #Stand4Service. But despite this extraordinary outpouring of support, @AmeriCorps programs still face new & serious threats. The Office of Management and Budget is withholding $200 million in congressionally appropriated FY25 funds, and the President’s FY26 budget proposes eliminating AmeriCorps entirely. We can’t let that happen! Take 2 minutes to email your lawmakers and tell Congress to protect and invest in AmeriCorps: https://bit.ly/TakeActionAC #AmeriCorps #SaveAmeriCorps #NationalService #AmeriCorpsSeniors

Thanks to supporters like you, nearly 100,000 messages have been sent to Congress urging them to #Stand4Service.

But despite this extraordinary outpouring of support, @AmeriCorps programs still face new & serious threats. The Office of Management and Budget is withholding $200 million in congressionally appropriated FY25 funds, and the President’s FY26 budget proposes eliminating AmeriCorps entirely.

We can’t let that happen!

Take 2 minutes to email your lawmakers and tell Congress to protect and invest in AmeriCorps: https://bit.ly/TakeActionAC
#AmeriCorps #SaveAmeriCorps #NationalService #AmeriCorpsSeniors

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AmeriCorps remains one of the most cost-effective civic programs in America, returning over $17 in community benefits for every $1 invested. But now, @AmeriCorps is facing a dual threat: -FY25: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has frozen nearly $200 million in approved AmeriCorps grants, preventing more than 19,000 AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers from serving their communities. -FY26: The President’s budget proposes eliminating AmeriCorps completely. These programs aren’t just line items in a budget – they’re lifelines in communities nationwide. 🛑 Take action today and ask your lawmakers to #Stand4Service 👉 https://bit.ly/TakeActionAC #SaveAmeriCorps #NationalService

AmeriCorps remains one of the most cost-effective civic programs in America, returning over $17 in community benefits for every $1 invested.

But now, @AmeriCorps is facing a dual threat:
-FY25: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has frozen nearly $200 million in approved AmeriCorps grants, preventing more than 19,000 AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers from serving their communities.
-FY26: The President’s budget proposes eliminating AmeriCorps completely.

These programs aren’t just line items in a budget – they’re lifelines in communities nationwide.

🛑 Take action today and ask your lawmakers to #Stand4Service 👉 https://bit.ly/TakeActionAC #SaveAmeriCorps #NationalService

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Once again, threats to federal funding are forcing AmeriCorps programs across the country to pause or shut down service. Contact your lawmakers and tell them why AmeriCorps matters to you; it takes less than a minute, and every email counts. Let’s make sure Congress hears us: https://bit.ly/TakeActionAC #Stand4Service #SaveAmeriCorps #NationalService

Once again, threats to federal funding are forcing AmeriCorps programs across the country to pause or shut down service. Contact your lawmakers and tell them why AmeriCorps matters to you; it takes less than a minute, and every email counts.

Let’s make sure Congress hears us: https://bit.ly/TakeActionAC #Stand4Service #SaveAmeriCorps #NationalService

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