AmeriCorps, an independent federal agency that provides scholarships to more than 5 million volunteering Americans, misled the public about how much it spends on grant programs.

A program initiated under President George HW Bush, AmeriCorps was expanded under President Bill Clinton and officially became a Corps under President George W. Bush, son of Bush. But today it seems to have rotted to the core.

The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project recently obtained information that shows AmeriCorps, which received $1.1 billion in congressional appropriations last year, deliberately misled Americans about how much it spent on grants. (The Daily Signal is Heritage’s multimedia news organization.)

Unfortunately, the Oversight Project investigation revealed more than we could have imagined. AmeriCorps leadership withheld information about the size of AmeriCorps grants.

We also found “diversity, equity and inclusion” built into the agency structure, in the words of AmeriCorps.

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According to records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, AmeriCorps’ state and national director, Sonali Nijhawan, announced on the eve of an initiative co-sponsored by the Centers for Disease that 500% of the total funding to create Public Health AmeriCorps had been raised. I took a million dollars. Control and prevention were to be announced.

According to the email, neither Nijhawan nor AmeriCorps spokesperson Natasha Dabrowski had bothered to inform the public about the change because they had already provided embargo press releases to The New York Times and other news outlets.

An email from Dabrowski on the $5 million discrepancy dated April 5 last year read:

She adds: all those places.

AmeriCorps April 6th press release: “First-year grants total over $60 million, allowing the Public Health AmeriCorps program to recruit nearly 3,000 AmeriCorps members.”

To make matters worse, the organization lied about the additional $5 million. In fact, it totaled $11.1 million more than his announced $60 million grant.

AmeriCorps Annual Management Report For fiscal year 2022, in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “AmeriCorps awarded the first round of public health grants totaling $71.1 million to support over 3,000 new AmeriCorps members.” said.

AmeriCorps deputy spokeswoman Meg Bresnahan told The Daily Signal that AmeriCorps’ grants will be revised throughout the year.

“The grant amendment process is ongoing and is taking place year-round,” said Bresnahan. “AmeriCorps’ annual management report includes final funding amounts awarded during the financial year. [and] $71.1 million is the latest figure for the 22nd fiscal year. ”

Perhaps the bigger scandal has to do with AmeriCorps last year focusing its entire mission on diversity, equity and inclusion, also known as DEI. Institutional leadership ensures that DEI is part of all aspects of grant creation, workplace and recruitment.

Anyone who doesn’t believe in DEI principles can’t celebrate the $1.1 billion received by AmeriCorps. Corporation for National and Community Service.

According to its 2022 annual management report, AmeriCorps announced its Equity Action Plan in April, which “commits to a commitment to promoting diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility and embedding it into the agency structure.” strengthen,” he said.

The report continues: “AmeriCorps is dedicated to creating structural and lasting change in the creation of AmeriCorps grants, workplaces, and recruitment of corps that reflect the diversity and lived experience of the communities they serve. increase.”

Agencies clearly place more emphasis on hiring people of the right skin color and gender, or on people they believe to hold pseudo-religious climate change values, than on choosing the best person for the job. I’m putting

Below are some of the ridiculous grants offered by AmeriCorps.

• Arizona State University received $1.1 million to enhance the knowledge, attitudes, and perceived readiness of public health practitioners to respond to survivors of intimate partner violence. Did AmeriCorps really believe doctors were ignorant of such violence, or was this a ruse to indoctrinate more medical professionals with her DEI training?
• Houston got $719,930 to provide navigation services and health education.social vulnerability index (SVI) Preferred postal code. AmeriCorps members provide health education and increase access to health care and human services. The CDC’s Social Vulnerability Index focuses on: Blacks and African Americans, not Hispanics or Latinos. Native Americans and Alaska Natives, not Hispanics or Latinos. Asian, not Hispanic or Latino. Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders, not Hispanic or Latino. He is of two or more races other than Hispanic or Latino. other races other than Hispanic or Latino). The index also said it focused on: [and] Transportation (multi-family housing, mobile homes, close quarters, no vehicles, group lodgings)”
• The Philadelphia Health Federation won $1.15 million for its ap program, in which AmeriCorps members study disease prevention and mitigation for individuals “living in historically marginalized communities.”
• Prescott College Hires 18 Full-Time AmeriCorps Members to Provide “Health Interventions and Eviction Support” in Pima County, Arizona and Improve “Health Equity” Through Social Emotional Learning Interventions in Yavapai County, Arizona was awarded $519,443. To date, the Heritage’s Oversight Project has been unable to find information on how to improve health equity through social-emotional learning.

The George HW Bush administration formed the first version of AmeriCorps in good faith. Formerly known as the National Community Service Commission, the agency aims to encourage volunteerism in the United States, with a focus on service learning programs for school-age youth, higher education service programs, and youth corps. I was doing it.

In 1993, President Bill Clinton established the Corporation for National and Community Service, including the AmeriCorps program.

In 2002, President George W. Bush established the USA Freedom Corps just months after the 9/11 terrorist attacks to encourage voluntary participation in homeland security.

The Trump administration rebranded the program as AmeriCorps in 2020. Unfortunately, even with the best of intentions, this federal agency has fallen into the hands of an awakened left.

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