GOVERNOR IVEY ANNOUNCES $2.1 MILLION INVESTMENT IN AMERICORPS STATE FUNDING FOR ALABAMA

For Immediate Release

October 19, 2022

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MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey announced today that the Governor’s Office of Volunteer Services, the Alabama State Service Commission, has received $1.4 million in funding from AmeriCorps to administer 10 AmeriCorps state programs in Alabama for the next year.

The unique model of AmeriCorps, a federal agency, means the Alabama AmeriCorps state programs will leverage an additional $750,000 from the private sector, foundations and other sources for a total investment of more than $2.1 million in Alabama communities.

“For almost three decades, AmeriCorps members have worked tirelessly to strengthen our communities by providing essential resources to nonprofits, faith-based organizations and everyday Alabamians,” said Governor Ivey. “Thanks to this $1.4 million grant, the state of Alabama will be able to administer 10 new AmeriCorps state programs that will no doubt make a long-lasting difference for our state and her people.”

The funding will support the following 2022-2023 Alabama AmeriCorps programs:

Albert Schweitzer Fellowship of Alabama – This program is being developed t