President Bush has proposed $32.1 million for Learn and Serve for Fiscal Year 2009, the same amount that he proposed last year. This sum would support 1.3 million participants in the program. Just as Congress voted to raise the amount to $37 million for Fiscal Year 2008, there is a chance of an increase for the next budget as well.
The allocation for higher ed. remains at 25% of the budget, which would come out to $8,025,000 in the President’s proposal.
This was a particularly hard budget year across the board for all Corporation for National and Community Service programs, especially for Foster Grandparents, which took a significant cut.
For more information, please see the Voices for National Service website.
