More Than $17.5 Million in PennSERVE Grant Funding for Community Service Across Pa.

More than $17.5 million – the most in commonwealth history – has been awarded to support the community-service work of 26 AmeriCorps programs. PennSERVE, housed within the Department of Labor & Industry, is Pennsylvania’s grantmaking partner of AmeriCorps, the leading federal agency for national service and volunteerism.

As the state’s service commission, PennSERVE develops and implements state-specific national service programs consistent with the Wolf Administration’s commitment to connecting individuals and organizations through service and volunteering to tackle the nation’...