The Trump administration placed roughly 75% of full-time AmeriCorps employees on administrative leave Wednesday, Fox News Digital learned.
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TheTrumpadministrationplacedroughly75%offull-timeAmeriCorpsemployeesonadministrativeleaveonWednesdayastheadministrationlookstorebuildtheClinton-eravolunteeragencyfromscratch,FoxNewsDigitallearned.
Atotalof535full-timeAmeriCorpsemployeesoutoftheagency’s700staffwereplacedonleave,anadministrationofficialconfirmedtoFoxNewsDigitalThursday.
VolunteerswithAmeriCorps’NationalCivilianCommunityCorps,aprogramthatfocusesspecificallyonvolunteeropportunitiesforyouthbetweentheagesof18–26,werepreemptivelypulledoutofthefieldaheadoftheTrumpadministrationplacingtheagency’sfull-timestaffersonleaveWednesday,FoxDigitallearned.Roughly$250millioninAmeriCorpscontractshavealsobeencanceled.
AmeriCorpsisexpectedtoremaininexistence,accordingtotheadminofficial,buttheoperationswillessentiallyrestartfromscratch.
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