MONEY TO GO TO AMERICORPS

President Obama passed the Serve America Act, which is being called “the most sweeping expansion of national service programs since the creation of AmeriCorps.” AmeriCorps was created in 1993 by President Clinton as a way to provide adults of different backgrounds with the opportunity to help those in their communities. Recently, Obama has declared that he will be stepping in to help the non profit organization. He has stated that by helping AmeriCorps he will be creating new jobs for graduating college students and many others. On April 21, 2009, President Obama signed the legislation to dump almost $6 billion over the next five years into AmeriCorps.