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Federal Judge Halts Trump’s AmeriCorps Cuts, Orders Funding and Member Reinstatements

The order covers only the 24 plaintiff states, requiring early-discharged National Civilian Community Corps members to be reinstated if they can return.

This January 2025 photo shows then-President Joe Biden greeting members of AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps in Charleston, S.C. A federal judge on Thursday blocked Trump’s AmeriCorps cuts, ensuring continued support for California and 23 other states’ vital community programs.
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Overview

  • On June 5, U.S. District Judge Deborah L. Boardman granted a preliminary injunction stopping the Trump administration from canceling AmeriCorps grants in the 24 states and D.C. that filed suit in April.
  • The ruling protects about $557 million in congressionally approved AmeriCorps State and National funding and bars the early discharge of corps members within the plaintiff states.
  • Boardman directed that AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps members dismissed prematurely must be reinstated to their service terms if they choose and remain able to return.
  • Democratic officials from Maryland, California and 22 other states plus Washington, D.C. sued the Department of Government Efficiency, arguing it violated notice-and-comment requirements when terminating grants.
  • AmeriCorps, a 30-year-old agency with a roughly $1 billion budget and over 500 full-time federal staffers, may proceed with broader workforce reductions outside the injunction’s scope.