AmeriCorps has long provided on-the-ground support to essential community programs in much the same way the Peace Corps does abroad.

Iowa's nonprofit sector is facing a crisis as federal cuts ordered by the Trump administration are causing mass layoffs, shuttered programs and fewer services across the state, multiple organizations tell Axios.

Washington D.C. and 24 states are suing over the Trump administration’s $400 million funding cuts to AmeriCorps. Iowa is not one of the states suing, but local programs are being affected by the cuts.