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Alliance for Community
Trees is dedicated to improving the environment where 80% of Americans
live: our cities, towns, and villages. Together, ACT's national network
of members have planted and cared for 14.9 million trees with help from
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NATIONAL NEWS
Is Your Organization Ready to Benefit from
National Service Expansion?
(Washington,
DC)- President Obama has proposed significant expansion of AmeriCorps
and other service programs. His 2010 proposed budget includes a $261
million increase for AmeriCorps, with a goal of putting AmeriCorps on a
path to expand from its current 75,000 members to 250,000 members in
future years.
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LOCAL STORY
DC Angling for Stimulus Grants
(Washington,
DC)- The District's ability to rake in millions more in federal
stimulus dollars could depend heavily on a grant management system. The
Urban Forestry Administration is seeking $500,000 to hire and train
nonviolent offenders as invasive species specialists, who will identify
and eradicate destructive plants and pests. Said George Hawkins,
director of the D.C. Department of the Environment. "Our goal is to be
first in line."
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