AmeriCorps funding saved in Delaware
The federal government has agreed to release funds for AmeriCorps programs following court action by several attorneys general to prevent cuts.
“Now these funds can return to the classrooms and communities where they belong,” said Delaware Attorney General Kathleen Jennings in a press release.
Jennings co-led a group of attorneys general in court action to prevent cuts to AmeriCorps funding, which funnels money into state programs.
On the deadline to respond to the coalition, officials said the Trump administration informed the court the White House Office of Management and Budget would release all withheld AmeriCorps funds, which AmeriCorps will distribute to programs nationwide as quickly as possible.
In Delaware, officials said the following nine organizations will continue to receive funding:
- Reading Assist ($305,370)
- Children’s Beach House ($283,500)
- WeProsper Family Organization ($132,300)
- Leading Youth Through Empowerment ($130,941)
- Literacy Volunteers Serving Adults Northern Delaware ($129,330)
- West End Neighborhood House ($120,879)
- TeenSHARP ($49,140)
- Family Promise of Northern New Castle County ($40,721)
- Spur Impact Association ($40,720).
Officials said federal litigation filed by Jennings, including her lawsuit to save AmeriCorps, has preserved more than $215 million for Delaware since Jan. 1.
Melissa Steele is a staff writer covering the state Legislature, government and police. Her newspaper career spans more than 30 years and includes working for the Delaware State News, Burlington County Times, The News Journal, Dover Post and Milford Beacon before coming to the Cape Gazette in 2012. Her work has received numerous awards, most notably a Pulitzer Prize-adjudicated investigative piece, and a runner-up for the MDDC James S. Keat Freedom of Information Award.
