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$370 Million In AmeriCorps Grants Available

The NonProfit Times

AmeriCorps, the national service program that annually matches volunteers with community needs across the country, will award grants totaling more than $370 million to nonprofit and faith-based organizations spanning the public and private sectors for the upcoming fiscal year. 30, said AmeriCorps spokesperson Lucero Gamez.

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Public Allies Arizona: Getting Things Done for America

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posted by Annie Bello Graduate Public Allies Arizona I quickly realized that Public Allies was no cop out when we were sworn in as AmeriCorps members. I am an AmeriCorps member, and I will get things done. I will carry this commitment with me this year and beyond I am an AmeriCorps member, and I will get things done.

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Public Allies: A Story of Impact

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posted by Taylor Polen Class 11 and class 12 Public Ally. I graduated from high school in 2016 and had little notion of what I wanted to do with my life until I joined Public Allies. My first term with Public Allies and the Alzheimer's Association began as an outreach specialist in December 2016.

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Public Allies: A Story of Impact

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Taylor Polen Class 11 and class 12 Public Ally. I graduated from high school in 2016 and had little notion of what I wanted to do with my life until I joined Public Allies. My first term with Public Allies and the Alzheimer's Association began as an outreach specialist in December 2016.

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'I Truly Believe That Education is the Antidote for Ignorance, Poverty and War'

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posted by Michelle Jimenez Class 12 Public Ally. Before becoming a Public Ally, I somewhat understood the nonprofit sector, since the year before I had served as a City Year Corps Member in Chicago through AmeriCorps. I truly believe that education is the antidote for ignorance, poverty and war.

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Q&A with Maggie Saucedo, a Public Ally and Certified Nonprofit Professional

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posted by Maggie Saucedo Class 13 Public Ally. Arizona State University began its fall semester last Thursday, while Public Allies Arizona will kick off its 14th year next week. With Public Allies, she is placed at Maryvale Revitalization Corporation and completes the program later this year. Maggie: Yes, every day.

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COVID-related National Service cannot just be gap year for privileged youth

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posted by Jaime Ernesto Uzeta, CEO, Public Allies. They will support schools in closing the educational gaps that have widened by schools shuttering. Chris Coons, addresses this inequity by proposing an increase of the AmeriCorps living allowance to offer greater financial support to all who are willing to serve.