March 12, 2009
Obama Budget Proposes National-Service Expansion
President Obama has proposed a spending increase for AmeriCorps and other national-service programs, as well as the creation of a "social-innovation fund" for nonprofit groups, as part of his 2010 budget priorities.
The president, making good on a campaign pledge to get more people involved in solving the country's problems, proposed last month that the budget for the Corporation for National and Community Service jump to $1.13-billion in 2010.
That is up $261-million from the
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