{"id":5499,"date":"2020-05-06T14:37:13","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T21:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/?p=5499"},"modified":"2020-05-06T14:37:13","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T21:37:13","slug":"bill-before-us-congress-pandemic-response-opportunity-through-national-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2020\/05\/bill-before-us-congress-pandemic-response-opportunity-through-national-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill before US Congress: Pandemic Response &#038; Opportunity Through National Service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"111\" src=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/cncs_1-e1552666572599.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2753\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A bill in the USA Congress, the Pandemic Response &amp; Opportunity Through National Service Act,  would expand AmeriCorps and SeniorCorps to aid in COVID-19 recovery efforts, including growing AmeriCorps to 750,000 positions over a three-year period; boost the AmeriCorps living stipend so that individuals regardless of financial situation can participate; increase the education award to cover up to two years of public university tuition; ramp up Senior Corps teleworking technology, and more. These programs are a part of the Corporation for National and Community Service. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More about the bill, from a group advocating support for such at this link: <a href=\"https:\/\/voicesforservice.org\/support-the-pandemic-response-and-opportunity-through-national-service-act\/\">Support the Pandemic Response and Opportunity Through National Service Act<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Full disclosure: I have signed. I absolutely support this bill. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also see:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2020\/04\/two-resources-for-your-covid-19-related-volunteering\/\">Three resources for your COVID-19-related volunteering<\/a>.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2020\/02\/saying-no-to-recruiting-volunteers-for-certain-tasks\/\">Saying \u201cno\u201d to recruiting volunteers for certain tasks<\/a>.<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotebroad.com\/volunteer\/disabilities.shtml\">Making your volunteer engagement as accessible as possible and how to do it<\/a>.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2019\/12\/before-you-recruit-any-volunteers\/\">Before you recruit any volunteers<\/a>.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2019\/03\/trump-is-trying-to-eliminate-national-service-again\/\">Trump is trying to eliminate national service \u2013 again<\/a> (2019).<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2017\/09\/25\/ruralvolstoolkit\/\">Toolkit for Working with Rural Volunteers\u00a0(developed\u00a0by\u00a0AmeriCorps\u00a0members)<\/a> (2017).<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2011\/06\/corporation-for-national-and-community-servic\/\">Corporation for National and Community Service needs a makeover?<\/a> (2011).<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotecommunications.com\/sanchezov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sanchez Elementary School Online Mentoring Program<\/a>, an elementary school-based online volunteering program organized in cooperation with the AmeriCorps members serving at this Austin school at the time (1999).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/donate_icon_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4685\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have benefited from this blog or other parts of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotebroad.com\/\">my web site<\/a>&nbsp;and would like to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotebroad.com\/me\/payme.shtml\">support<\/a>&nbsp;the time that went into&nbsp;researching information, developing material, preparing articles, updating pages, etc. (I receive no funding for this work),&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotebroad.com\/me\/payme.shtml\"><strong>here is how you can help<\/strong><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bill in the USA Congress, the Pandemic Response &amp; 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