What DOGE cuts to AmeriCorps could mean

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April 18, 2025

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Hundreds of new AmeriCorps volunteers are sworn in for duty at a ceremony, Friday, Sept. 12, 2014, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Service members with the National Civilian Community Corps were abruptly sent home this week as part of cuts to the federal government by the Department of Government Efficiency.

Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd talks with one National Civilian Community Corps service member about her work. Then, we hear from former NCCC director Kate Raftery about the impact of the program and about broader cuts to AmeriCorps.

This segment aired on April 18, 2025.

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