AmeriCorps frees recovery funds despite scrutiny over failed audits
CJ Staff – North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson has announced that AmeriCorps and the federal Office of Management and Budget will release hundreds of millions in previously frozen federal funds. The move reverses a Trump administration directive that had halted the group’s volunteer work earlier this year amid concerns of waste and mismanagement at the agency following multiple failed audits.
AmeriCorps, the federal service agency tasked with coordinating national volunteer efforts, is allocated more than $1.2 billion taxpayer dollars annually in the federal budget, but has been under increasing scrutiny following eight consecutive failed financial audits. Continue reading
Jessica C. – The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has found yet another fraudulent federal program. AmeriCorps was established by Bill Clinton back in 1993. It has an annual budget of more than $1 billion a year. AmeriCorps has failed its last eight consecutive audits, so they have no idea where more than $8 billion went.