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AmeriCorps
United States federal program
Quick Facts
- Date:
- 1993 - present
- Areas Of Involvement:
- education
- public health
- government support
AmeriCorps, U.S. federal program that supports voluntary service in the areas of health, the environment, education, and public safety. It was created by the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993, which also established the Corporation for National and Community Service, an independent federal agency designed to oversee and support domestic-service programs, including AmeriCorps. AmeriCorps is made up of three primary programs: (1) AmeriCorps VISTA (founded as Volunteers in Service to America in 1965 and incorporated into AmeriCorps in 1993), which assigns full-time AmeriCorps volunteers to work with community organizations and public agencies in various programs to alleviate poverty, ...(100 of 258 words)