Policy Brief: July 2018
Catch up on the latest news about the farm bill, AmeriCorps funding, and school meals.
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Catch up on the latest news about the farm bill, AmeriCorps funding, and school meals.
Over the past few months, both the House and Senate have been working on widely different versions of a farm bill. Check out our recent post to get caught up.
As we’ve reported earlier, for the second year in a row, President Trump’s proposed budget for federal fiscal year 2019 again called for eliminating all funding for national service, including AmeriCorps. We’ve joined with our partners at Voices for National Service to advocate against these budget cuts. Last year, Congress wisely rejected the President’s short-sighted and misguided budget proposal and actually increased funding for national service.
Signs are looking positive again this year in Congress with both the House and Senate appropriations subcommittees with authority over national service funding providing the same level of funding for AmeriCorps as last year. The appropriations process in Congress is not yet over for FY 2019, but as Congress continues its work, we’ll continue to advocate for no cuts to AmeriCorps.
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