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Quarterly E-News | Fall Edition
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ASC 25th Anniversary Celebration — Details Coming Soon!
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Look out for an announcement on Monday about all things ASC 25th Anniversary. We hope you'll join us in Washington, DC in November to celebrate 25 years of uniting states in service!
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2024 National Service Training
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We'll be hosting 2024 National Service Training in-person in Minneapolis from April 24-26 and virtually from May 14-16. The theme is Serve. Connect. Build. Interested in presenting? Our Call for Proposals is open through November 27.
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We hosted our 2023 Membership Assembly last week on September 21. During the virtual assembly, ASC leadership presented an update on our work and priorities and the membership voted on bylaw amendments and a slate of Board members and officers for the 2023-2024 term. As always, we thank our membership for their support and engagement — especially our 2022-2023 volunteers!
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AmeriCorps Fiscal and Program Bootcamps
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This week, we hosted our annual AmeriCorps Fiscal Bootcamp and AmeriCorps Program Bootcamp in Austin, Texas. These bootcamps are designed to offer new program officers and fiscal officers (at both commissions and programs) an introductory course on all things AmeriCorps and national service. It was a great week with a great turnout — nearly 100 people attended!
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Last week, the White House announced the American Climate Corps, a national service corps that will address environmental and conservation issues. ASC and States for Service applaud the creation of the American Climate Corps and thank the Biden-Harris Administration for recognizing the power of national service to tackle the climate crisis.
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In July, the House Labor-HHS appropriations subcommittee proposed a $660.94 million cut to the AmeriCorps agency budget, while the Senate appropriations committee proposed a $50 million cut. At the proposed Senate mark, the agency anticipates a reduction in the number of ASN positions from 66,900 to 44,800.
For effective strategies on connecting with Congress around this issue, view the Advocate's Guide to AmeriCorps and FY24 Appropriations. We also ask that you participate in the Individuals Action Alert on FY24 AmeriCorps Appropriations to let your representatives know you support investment in AmeriCorps. Please share the action alert with your networks, as any individual can participate.
If Congress is unable to complete the appropriations process or pass a continuing resolution by the end of September, there could be a government shutdown. The AmeriCorps agency has released a contingency plan for this possibility.
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In This Issue
- Upcoming Events
- Events in Review
- S4S Public Policy Updates
- Announcements & Reminders
- Commissioner Highlights
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Announcements & Reminders
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2023-2024 Board of Directors
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ASC's 2023-2024 Board of Directors slate — which includes seven new board members — was recently approved by the membership. The new term begins on October 1. Thank you to our ongoing board members for your dedicated service!
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New Publication on Disaster Services
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Calling all national service trainers and consultants! Join our 2024 TTA Directory, which will be released in early January. Applications are due by December 8, 2023.
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Gordon Rooney has been serving as a commissioner with the South Carolina Service Commission for one year. Read why Gordon serves.
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Shaunda Noah has been serving as a commissioner with the Oklahoma Community Service Commission for three years. Read why Shaunda serves.
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About America’s Service Commissions (ASC)
America’s Service Commissions is a nonprofit, nonpartisan association representing and promoting the 52 state service commissions across the United States and territories with the mission to lead and elevate the state service network. State service commissions are governor-appointed public agencies or nonprofit organizations made up of more than 1,000 commissioners, private citizens leading the nation’s service movement and administering more than 75 percent of the federal AmeriCorps funds to address pressing community needs.
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