
“This funding will put 936 AmeriCorps members on the ground at over 200 service sites throughout the state…”
Serve Wisconsin announced that Wisconsin received $14.8 million in grant funding from AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and community volunteerism, to support 27 programs across the state. Included within those funds is $279,278 in AmeriCorps funding for two programs based in Eau Claire, Chippewa Fresh Start and UW-Eau Claire ECLIPSE, with several other statewide AmeriCorps programs also having members serving in area.