June 26, 2003

A Dwindling Corps

By Elizabeth Schwinn

Anticipated slash in AmeriCorps enrollment could prove dire for charities that rely on the program

Last year, President Bush visited a member of the AmeriCorps national service program at a community-policing project in St. Petersburg, Fla., to thank her for saving a child's life. This year, that program is among hundreds facing possible extinction as AmeriCorps, a key component of the president's agenda of "compassionate conservatism," drastically reduces enrollment nationwide from

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