National Service Programs: AmeriCorps*USA--Early Program Resource
and Benefit Information. Testimony, 10/17/95, GAO/T-HEHS-96-14.

GAO discussed the resources available for the Corporation for National
and Community Services' AmeriCorps*USA program. GAO noted that: (1) for
program year 1994 through 1995, over one-third of the total available
resources for AmeriCorps*USA programs came from other federal agencies,
state and local governments, and private sector contributors; (2) the
public sector provided about 88 percent of the $351 million in total
program resources; (3) most of the Corporation's funding for AmeriCorps
projects went to providing operating grants and educational awards; (4)
excluding in-kind private sector contributions, total available
resources averaged $26,654 per participant; (5) actual program costs
could not be determined because the program was only in its first year
of operation; (6) AmeriCorps programs operated by federal agencies had
about 20 percent more available funds per participant and relied on more
nonCorporation resources than those operated by nonfederal
organizations; and (7) program initiatives supported AmeriCorps*USA
objectives to meet unmet human, educational, environmental, and public
safety needs, strengthen community ties, develop civic responsibility,
and expand educational opportunities for program participants and
others.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-HEHS-96-14
     TITLE:  National Service Programs: AmeriCorps*USA--Early Program 
             Resource and Benefit Information
      DATE:  10/17/95
   SUBJECT:  Volunteer services
             Community development programs
             Intergovernmental fiscal relations
             Student financial aid
             Employment or training programs
             Educational grants
             Gifts or gratuities
             Appropriated funds
             Grants-in-aid
IDENTIFIER:  AmeriCorps USA Program
             Volunteers in Service to America Program
             
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