Robert Godfried Writes a Piece for The Washington Monthly on How AmeriCorps Should Embrace Workforce Development – Next100
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Robert Godfried Writes a Piece for The Washington Monthly on How AmeriCorps Should Embrace Workforce Development

The national service program was left out of the Inflation Reduction Act. Even without this funding, there’s a lot that can be done.

Next100 Policy Entrepreneur Robert Godfried wrote an op-ed that was published in The Washington Monthly about the actions that the federal AmeriCorps Agency, Congress, and grantee organizations can take to advance workforce development in AmeriCorps. Robert writes:

“AmeriCorps can live up to [its] grand ideals… if the agency, Congress, and the Biden administration embrace workforce development best practices and pay corps members better wages. With these changes, the program can truly be an accessible, equitable, and empowering pathway for young people to start their careers in public service.”

 

Read “AmeriCorps Must Embrace Workforce Development” here.

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Robert Godfried National Service

Robert Godfried was an advocate for creating public service opportunities that are accessible to all. At Next100, Robert focuses on increasing equity and inclusion in AmeriCorps and public service more broadly at the federal, state, and local levels. He previously worked in tenant organizing as an AmeriCorps member, as a field organizer for Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign, and as an associate for a progressive political digital marketing firm.

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