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a formal program in which people of all ages work for nominal pay for several months or up to two years to build stronger communities in the United States and abroad in partnership with nonprofit organizations.
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- The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act took effective October 1, 2009 reauthorizes and expands national service programs administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service, an independent agency established by Congress in 1993.
- National Service Programs - Fast Facts - overview of programs administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service and private nonprofit organizations.
- Other types of national service programs include military service and the National Guard as well as nonprofit organizations that may receive some federal funding, such as Teach For America, City Year, and others.
- State service commissions, whose members are appointed by state governors, re-grant federal funds to support national service programs and promote community service at the local level.
- The first federally-funded domestic national service program was the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCCC) created under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Today's descendent of the CCC is The Corps Network of 113 Service and Conservation Corps operating in 41 states and the District of Columbia,
- Peace Corps, probably the best known government-sponsored service program, was created in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy. VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America), created in 1964, is now AmeriCorps*VISTA.
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