April 9, 2009
Charities Get Ready to Put Millions of Federal Volunteers to Work
The votes by both houses of Congress last month to approve a big expansion of national and community-service programs left nonprofit leaders and other champions of the plan feeling euphoric. With President Obama's support, the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act was passed by large majorities of the House and Senate. The legislation authorizes new spending of up to $6-billion over the next five years to spread volunteer efforts nationwide.
But now begins the hard work of turning into
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