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OVERVIEW

The President’s Budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 provides $1.479 billion for AmeriCorps. The Budget 

will support more than 200,000 AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers in meeting 

important issues of our time - addressing public health needs, responding to disasters and extreme 

weather events, and expanding education and economic opportunity in urban and rural areas. The 

Budget also includes a proposal to cancel $210 million in surplus balances from the agency’s National 

Service Trust Fund (NSTF), for a net total of $1.269 billion.

The Budget will support the agency’s goal of improving the experience of AmeriCorps members 

and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers by strengthening pathways to education and employment, 

removing barriers to service, and increasing the member living allowance to the equivalent of $13 

per hour and volunteer stipend to $4.50 per hour so that service is a viable opportunity open to 

Americans of all backgrounds. 

The Budget will support targeted investments in communities where the need is greatest, build the 

agency’s evidence and evaluation capabilities, enhance AmeriCorps’ efforts to recruit a diverse corps 

that reflects the communities they serve, and continue to improve agency financial management and 

operations by investing in systems, technology, and staff.

FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET IN BRIEF
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FY 2024 PRESIDENT’S BUDGET REQUEST 

FY 2022 

Enacted

FY 2023 

Enacted

FY 2024 

President's 

Budget

Diff ($)

(funding in thousands)

$1,150,636 $1,312,806 $1,478,624 $165,818 

Operating Expenses $865,409 $975,525 $1,138,618 $163,093 

State and National $466,749 $557,094 $650,834 $93,740 

VISTA $100,285 $103,285 $141,626 $38,341 

NCCC $34,505 $37,735 $43,300 $5,565 

State Commission Support $19,094 $19,538 $19,538 $0 

Seniors $230,768 $236,917 $262,364 $25,447 

Foster Grandparents Program (FGP) $122,363 $125,363 $143,450 $18,087 

Senior Companion Program (SCP) $54,449 $56,449 $63,809 $7,360 

Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) $53,956 $55,105 $55,105 $0 

Innovation and Demonstration $9,888 $14,706 $14,706 $0 

Innovation, Demonstration, & Other $3,330 $6,148 $6,148 $0 

Volunteer Generation Fund $6,558 $8,558 $8,558 $0 

Evaluation $4,120 $6,250 $6,250 $0 

National Service Trust Fund (NSTF) $190,550 $230,000 $213,000 -$17,000

Salaries and Expenses (S&E) $88,082 $99,686 $118,434 $18,748 

S&E–Civilian Climate Corps (non-add) $20,000 $20,000 

Office of Inspector General $6,595 $7,595 $8,572 $977

NSTF Cancellation -210,000

 Total Agency less NSTF Cancellation $1,268,624
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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

AmeriCorps State and National: The Budget provides $650.834 million to AmeriCorps State and National, 

an increase of $93.740 million above the FY 2023 Enacted level to fund an increase in the minimum full-time 

member living allowance to $13 per hour for approximately 47,000 members.

AmeriCorps VISTA: The Budget provides $141.626 million to AmeriCorps VISTA, an increase of $38.341 

million above the FY 2023 Enacted level. This will fund approximately 5,700 members at a minimum living 

allowance of $13 per hour. Approximately 1,520 additional members will be funded in FY 2024 with American 

Rescue Plan Act funding, for a total of 7,220 members.

AmeriCorps NCCC: The Budget provides $43.300 million to AmeriCorps NCCC, an increase of $5.565 

million above the FY 2023 Enacted level to fund 1,600 members in the traditional program and 400 in the 

AmeriCorps NCCC-FEMA Corps program. This investment will increase member compensation to the 

equivalent of $13 per hour.

AmeriCorps Seniors: 

• RSVP: The Budget provides $55.105 million to AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP, equal to the FY 2023 Enacted 

level and will support an estimated 123,500 volunteers.

• Foster Grandparent Program: The Budget provides $143.450 million to the AmeriCorps Seniors Foster 

Grandparent Program, an increase of $18.087 million above the FY 2023 Enacted level to support an 

estimated 14,500 volunteers. This funding will support increasing the volunteer stipend from $4.00 to 

$4.50 per hour to enable more low-income seniors to serve.

• Senior Companion Program: The Budget provides $63.809 million to the AmeriCorps Seniors Senior 

Companion Program, an increase of $7.360 million above the FY 2023 Enacted level to support an 

estimated 7,000 volunteers. This funding will support increasing the volunteer stipend from $4.00 to 

$4.50 per hour to enable more low-income seniors to serve.

State Service Commissions: The Budget provides $19.538 million to AmeriCorps State Service Commissions, 

equal to the FY 2023 Enacted level.

Innovation & Demonstration: The Budget provides $14.706 million for AmeriCorps Innovation activities, 

including Volunteer Generation Fund and National Days of Service, equal to the FY 2023 Enacted level.

Evaluation: The Budget provides $6.250 million to AmeriCorps Evaluation activities, equal to the FY 2023 

Enacted level.

Salaries and Expenses: The Budget provides $118.434 million to AmeriCorps, an increase of $18.748 million 

above the FY 2023 Enacted level. AmeriCorps is committed to improving staff capacity and capabilities to 

effectively manage its core business operations; modernizing its legacy systems for better grantee, member, 

and financial management; and addressing the impacts of the agency’s financial statement audit.

National Service Trust Fund: The Budget provides $213 million to the National Service Trust Fund, a decrease 

of $17 million from the FY 2023 Enacted level to fund the Segal education award at an amount of $7,895 in 2024. 

The Budget also proposed to cancel $210 million in surplus balances from the NSTF.

Office of Inspector General: The Budget provides $8.575 million to the AmeriCorps OIG, an increase of 

$1 million above than the FY 2023 Enacted level to fund important oversight activities, including promoting 

efficiency and effectiveness in agency programs.
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BUDGET BILL LANGUAGE AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

The Budget includes new or modified appropriations act language to advance priorities in the AmeriCorps 

Strategic Plan. 

• Two-Year Budget Authority: Provides two-year budget authority to AmeriCorps NCCC and VISTA to 

ensure that serving members are supported across fiscal years.

• National Service Trust (NSTF): Of the funds requested in the FY 2024 Budget, $150 million of the National 

Service Trust Fund’s appropriation shall be derived from balances in the NSTF temporarily rescinded in 

section 526 of Title V of Division B of the Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, 

and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 115-245) and 

currently unavailable for obligation and $63 million shall be derived from the General Fund of the Treasury. 

The Budget includes a proposal to cancel $210 million in surplus balances available within the NSTF.

• Section 408 – Individuals with DACA Status: Allows individuals with Deferred Action of Childhood 

Arrivals (DACA) status who successfully serve a term in AmeriCorps State and National, NCCC or 

VISTA, to be eligible for an Education Award.

• Section 409 – AmeriCorps Nonrecurring Expenses Fund: Makes unobligated, expiring Operating 

Expenses and Salaries and Expenses appropriations available for information technology modernization 

investments that will support agency grantee support, fiscal stewardship, and audit readiness. 

LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS TO STRENGTHEN NATIONAL SERVICE

AmeriCorps is submitting a legislative program to Congress to amend select provisions in the Domestic 

Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (DVSA) and the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (NCSA).

AmeriCorps proposes legislative adjustments to the NCCC program to increase the program’s responsiveness to 

disaster mitigation and climate resiliency needs, and to enable the recruitment of a more diverse corps of members:

• Permanently authorize the AmeriCorps NCCC “Season of Service” to better respond to community 

needs and make AmeriCorps NCCC service accessible to those unable to commit to a full-year term

• Authorize AmeriCorps NCCC term extensions to facilitate disaster response and other surges

• Increase the maximum AmeriCorps NCCC age to 26 to make service more accessible

Amendments to the DVSA and NCSA will empower members to complete their terms of service and to 

strengthen pathways to education and employment:

• Permanently authorize AmeriCorps members in the VISTA and NCCC programs to elect to transfer 

Education Awards, as AmeriCorps members in the State and National program currently can do

• Remove the drug conviction bar on disbursing an Education Award, consistent with recent reforms to 

federal student aid eligibility enacted into law in 2021 and going into effect in 2024

• Eliminate the taxation of Education Awards to allow members to realize the full benefit of their award 

without current out-of-pocket tax liability

• Extend existing noncompetitive civil service eligibility afforded to Peace Corps and AmeriCorps VISTA 

members to all AmeriCorps members serving an annual term

To improve AmeriCorps’ efficiency, reduce program disruption, and implement audit recommendations, 

AmeriCorps seeks the following legislative amendments:

• Authorize the expenditure of interest earnings in the National Service Trust Fund

• Establish five-year Board of Directors terms regardless of when appointed