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Wednesday, October 2, 2024

ARKANSAS CHILD ABUSE/RAPE/DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMMISSION: UAMS, AmeriCorps Announces Food Security Initiative in Arkansas

 AmeriCorps announced more than $255K in American Rescue Plan grant funding to UAMS as part of the AmeriCorps VISTA program’s food security initiative over the next 3 years.

The AmeriCorps VISTA initiative, launched in 2020, is a comprehensive and collaborative approach to end hunger which affects one in eight Americans and more than 400,000 Arkansans. AmeriCorps has awarded over $2 million in grants to organizations addressing the impact of hunger in their state during the pandemic.

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