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DOGE Cuts Pull AmeriCorps Volunteers Off of Disaster Relief Jobs

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Volunteers say they were told to stop working on projects ranging from rebuilding homes destroyed in storms, to readying a summer camp for kids.

AmeriCorps NCCC recruits 2,200 people between the ages of 18 to 26 to serve in teams working across the country on different projects.

The cuts come just weeks before the official start of hurricane season.

For many, this was our way to pay for college, to get away from home, to figure out what to do with our lives, it was a big step.

“They just ripped it out from under us without even a 2-week’s notice,” says 19-year-old Noe Felix Burns .

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