The Latest Breaking News from AmeriCorps

West Englewood school offers a model for how Chicago Public Schools plans to improve math scores

With CPS math scores still below pre-pandemic levels, officials point to Earle STEM Academy as a blueprint for improving math instruction and performance.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 19, 2023

How AmeriCorps Recovered $84 Million in Tax Relief for Families

AmeriCorps volunteers helped families receive $84 million in tax relief. Here’s how the organization did it and how you can get involved in your community.

Kiplinger · Jul 26, 2023

AmeriCorps grants $2.2 million to Chicago, downstate Illinois groups for public health programs

The AmeriCorps grants aim to improve public health, food and educational services for students and seniors.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 15, 2023

In Texas, Medicaid coverage ends soon after childbirth. Will lawmakers allow more time?

Victoria Ferrell Ortiz learned she was pregnant during summer 2017. The Dallas resident was finishing up an AmeriCorps job with a local nonprofit, which offered her a small stipend to live on but no health coverage. She applied for Medicaid so she could be insured during the pregnancy.

Tribune News Service · Apr 5, 2023

Climate Action Corps expands, paying more Californians to fight climate change

LOS ANGELES -- Inside a small warehouse, tucked behind a shuttered pawn shop in the heart of Hollywood, Crystal Lipps took the handle of a large black rolling cart loaded with donated boxes of carrots, bananas and other fresh food that once would have been destined for a landfill.

The Orange County Register · Feb 27, 2023

Who is John Fetterman? Democrat politician who won crucial US Senate race in Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania native beat Republican celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz to capture the Senate seat

Evening Standard · Nov 9, 2022

Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff tests positive for COVID-19

Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff tested positive for coronavirus, the vice president’s office announced Tuesday evening, hours after he attended an outdoor event in Washington, D.C. where he interacted with AmeriCorps volunteers.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Mar 15, 2022

Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff tests positive for COVID-19

Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff tested positive for coronavirus, the vice president’s office announced Tuesday evening, hours after he attended an outdoor event in Washington, D.C. where he interacted with AmeriCorps members.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Mar 15, 2022