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Community Organizations Grapple with Funding Cuts to AmeriCorps
FAIRFIELD COUNTY, CONNECTICUT, AUG 2 – AmeriCorps funding cuts will end NMHC placements at 988 centers, eliminating 100 weekly hours of crisis care and threatening suicide prevention training amid a national mental health workforce shortage.
- The National Mental Health Corps will lose AmeriCorps funding for 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline placements starting August 2025, threatening its operations nationwide.
- This funding loss follows a 40% federal AmeriCorps budget cut in April 2025, including $60 million for California groups, creating significant uncertainty for programs reliant on this support.
- NMHC members provide crisis counseling, contribute nearly 500,000 hours of care, and support underserved communities, while AmeriCorps aids youth education through programs like Breakthrough Sacramento.
- Misha Harris from Crisis Text Line revealed that funding reductions will result in a loss of 100 hours per week of care, while the White House reported that AmeriCorps experienced eight consecutive audit failures and disbursed more than $45 million through erroneous payments in 2024.
- The loss of AmeriCorps funding risks reducing suicide prevention capacity, increasing counselor burnout, and shrinking workforce pipelines vital to addressing the ongoing mental health crisis.
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AmeriCorps Funding Cuts: Eroding the Mental Health Workforce Pipeline
NEWTOWN, Conn., Aug. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The future of the National Mental Health Corps (NMHC)— a leading pipeline into the mental health workforce—is now in jeopardy. In the midst of a growing mental health crisis, the loss of AmeriCorps…
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