CENTRAL MAINE • August 29, 2025
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey said Friday the Trump administration has agreed to release more than $180 million in federal funding for AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteerism. The administration sought to cut the funding in the spring, prompting more than two dozen states, including Maine, to sue the administration. Maine had approximately 200 AmeriCorps fellows. “At the last minute, when required to provide legal justification as to why it withheld funds, the Administration instead did what it should have done from the beginning and released the funding.” Last year, Maine received $8.6 million in federal funding for AmeriCorps operations that serve veterans, seniors, and disaster victims, among others. The administration continued to withhold $184 million in funding.