DOGE just shutdown AmeriCorps, placing most of its staff nationwide on immediate leave.
A memo from the interim director confirmed the freeze, with only top positions still active. I assume that’s so they can vacuum and clean up before they leave.
It’s part of a broader DOGE-led shakeup targeting shady federal programs that are bloated and/or ineffective.
And seeing as this group got a cool $1.3 billion last year, and then fails their audits 8 times in a row…I think they qualify.
Volunteers are quite upset about it. I assume most of them are basically in the dark about what really is going on with the money at AmeriCorps.
Politico reports:
AmeriCorps placed employees at its Washington headquarters and around the nation on administrative leave Wednesday as the Trump administration and DOGE moved to make sweeping cuts at an organization that deploys volunteers across the U.S.
Employees received a memo from Interim Director Jennifer Bastress Tahmasebi informing them they had been placed on leave effective immediately, according to a copy of the memo obtained by POLITICO and agency staff with direct knowledge of the situation who were granted anonymity to avoid…
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