National Service Programs: Status of AmeriCorps Reform Efforts

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Corporation for National and Community Service's efforts to reform the AmeriCorps USA Program, focusing on: (1) how AmeriCorps funding changed per-participant from the initial program year to the third program year; (2) whether private contributions to AmeriCorps increased on a per-participant basis from program year 1 to program year 3; (3) the status of subgrantees of former federal agency grantees; and (4) the status of Corporation efforts to increase the number of projects that provide only education awards to participants under the Education Awards Program.