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National Service Programs: Two AmeriCorps Programs' Funding and Benefits

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Feb. 15, 2000
Report No. HEHS-00-33
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Summary:

AmeriCorps--the largest national and community service program since the Civilian Conservation Corps of the 1930s--is now in its sixth year of operation. AmeriCorps consists of four programs that help participants pay for postsecondary education in exchange for doing community service. AmeriCorps estimates that it spent $477 million in fiscal year 1999 to support about 53,000 AmeriCorps participants. Because of continuing congressional concerns about the average annual cost per AmeriCorps participant, GAO identified and compared these per participant costs with other similar groups providing community service. This report provides information on participant costs for both the AmeriCorps*State/National and AmeriCorps* National Civilian Community Corps programs. GAO provides cost and other data for the 1998-99 program year, including information on overhead expenses, education awards, and child care benefits.

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