Partial victory: judge restores AmeriCorps funding in 24 states and DC

On June 5, 2025, a federal judge in Maryland issued an order blocking the Administration's cancellation of AmericCorps grants and early termination of corps members. Unfortunately, this block only applies in the 24 states and the District of Columbia that filed suit. The judge also denied the states' request to restore the 85% of AmeriCorps agency staff that were placed on leave in April.

Nevertheless, the overall ruling is good news. It should mean that thousands of early discharged AmeriCorps members can return to service, if they are still interested. And funding should be restored to AmeriCorps service organizations that have been hit hard by the cuts. Of course all of this depends on the administration abiding by the ruling.