Eighteen programs across South Carolina, including ones with United Way of Greenville County and United Way of the Piedmont, were terminated due to a shift in federal priorities Read more: in a new t

According to the United Way of the Piedmont, more than $400 million in grant funding to AmeriCorp's services across the nation was abruptly cut by DOGE, impacting over 1,000 nonprofit and community organizations.

AmeriCorps has long provided on-the-ground support to essential community programs in much the same way the Peace Corps does abroad.