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Congress officially approved the $31.7 million funding level for AmeriCorps NCCC. This victory belongs to every person who contacted their representative to demand this support. Keep watching the budget process to ensure this commitment remains firm for the coming year.

December 22, 2007

Call to Congress to Fund AmeriCorps NCCC at $31.7 Million

Call to Congress to Fund AmeriCorps NCCC at $31.7 Million

🏆 Won — 1,268 supporters Verified

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Started by Anonymous 19 years ago
To: United States House of Representatives and United States Senate We the undersigned are petitioning you, as stewards of this nation, to declare your support for the AmeriCorps*National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) program by ensuring it is funded in FY 2008 at $31.7 million, as recommended by the U.S. Senate. NCCC is a unique AmeriCorps program that provides substantial benefits to America, including providing critical, trained manpower during natural disasters, service in all 50 U.S. states and some U.S. territories, and over one and a half million service hours each year. NCCC is a program that is strongly connected to Franklin D. Roosevelt

Updates

Reached 1,000 supporters

November 5, 2007

November 3, 2007

We are approaching one thousand signatures and need a final push to force this funding issue onto the floor. Send this link to three people right now and post it to your Facebook feed to keep our momentum high.

November 1, 2007

We just hit a major threshold and the momentum is clearly building toward our funding goals. Post this link on your Facebook page today and email your representative to tell them this program is a priority.

Reached 100 supporters

November 1, 2007

6 Comments

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Mike Iyer
19 years ago Featured

These kids do actual work when disaster hits. Cutting their budget while the country is falling apart makes zero sense.

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Tom Oliver
19 years ago Featured

FUND IT. plain and simple.

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Sarah Hill
19 years ago Featured

NCCC helped out so much in my town after the storm. Keep the funding

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Jessica Quinn
19 years ago Featured

My nephew was in NCCC and it totally changed his life. Dont take this opportunity away from others.

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David Pierce
19 years ago Featured

total waste of money to cut this. they do more for communities in a month than congress does in a year.

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Linda Obi
19 years ago Featured

so many people rely on this help. why do they always go after the programs that actually help regular people?