CEDAR RAPIDS – Linn and Johnson counties are among nine Iowa sites selected for a new AmeriCorps health project. Ten Iowa AmeriCorps HealthCorps members will be recruited for placement in local public ...

A new program coming to Cedar Rapids aims to promote service, leadership and community development. Public Allies Iowa AmeriCorps is launching across the state. Operated by the Iowa Community Action ...

Hundreds of AmeriCorps members in Iowa have been left scrambling for housing and jobs after the federal government abruptly terminated funding for the program. On this episode of River to River, ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa — Update, 10 p.m.: More than 20 Davenport volunteers are on temporary leave. It comes as federal grants supporting AmeriCorps programs are ending in just over a week. AmeriCorps ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (WOI) - In Iowa, 338 AmeriCorps members are now looking for new opportunities after their positions suddenly went away. AmeriCorps members help with everything from education to ...

TRYING TO PASS ANOTHER CAR. GRANDVIEW UNIVERSITY SAYS ITS LONG RUNNING PARTNERSHIP WITH AMERICORPS IS OVER. FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS, THE DES MOINES COLLEGE HAS OFFERED STUDENTS FULL AND PART TIME ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - The Iowa Department of Education has received almost $500,000 in federal AmeriCorps funding. According to the Iowa Department of Education, the grant will fund the state’s ...

The State of Iowa has received a 66% increase in funding over last year for AmeriCorps programs. Jamie Nagel with the Iowa Commission on Volunteer Service says the award of more than $6 million will ...

The author lives in Des Moines. Why AmeriCorps? That’s a question I got asked a lot when I graduated college 20 years ago and made the choice to serve my country as an AmeriCorps member. Why was I ...

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) -- The Americorps program in Iowa will lose 80 percent of its funding this year due to federal and state budget troubles, an official said. That means the volunteer program will ...

AMES, Iowa – The Iowa AmeriCorps 4-H Outreach program has reopened the host site application for the 2021-22 grant year. “For the last two years, youth programming across the state halted. Now as ...