Serve America Act: Request for Public Input |
Monday May 18 2009
Now that the Serve America Act has been passed by Congress and signed by President Obama, the Corporation for National and Community Service is looking for public input on how to:
- Attract people of all ages to serve
- Promote more service programs focused on education, healthy futures, clean energy, veterans and economic opportunity
- Stimulate new partnerships, both within the government sector and with businesses and foundations, for greater impact
- Identify and nurture new programs that can host additional AmeriCorps slots
- Better demonstrate impact
- Preserve the diversity of programs and the localized nature of solutions
- Implement the Serve America Fellows, Encore Fellows and Silver Scholarship programs
They are holding public sessions in which people who sign up can speak. Sign up for a session by clicking a link below.
If you cannot attend, you can email your comments to ServeAmericaAct@cns.gov, fax them to Docket Manager Amy Borgstrom at (202) 606-3467, or send a letter to her at the Corporation for National and Community Service, 1201 New York Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20525.
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