Overview
- The preliminary injunction requires AmeriCorps to reinstate terminated grants and National Civilian Community Corps members in the 24 Democratic-led states and Washington, D.C.
- The order does not reverse layoffs of roughly 85 percent of AmeriCorps staff, which reduced its workforce from over 700 employees to about 116.
- States argued that the Department of Government Efficiency violated the Administrative Procedure Act by canceling more than 1,000 grants without public notice or comment.
- The Trump administration has asserted that the states lack standing and that the cuts fall within DOGE’s mandate to streamline federal spending, setting the issues for further litigation.
- AmeriCorps directs nearly $1 billion in funding and mobilizes more than 200,000 volunteers annually for disaster response, education and community health programs nationwide.