national-service

At this writing, 40 year olds are eligible to volunteer for military service, and therefore 40 year olds would be subject to the national-service draft.

Robert Naiman: For a DREAMy, Wartime, National-Service Draft Robert Naiman 2010

The Appropriations Committee was still deciding how to make the additional cuts it promised Thursday, but the revised bill was expected to abolish more than 100 programs, including the Americorps national-service program and family-planning programs for the poor.

House GOP Leaders Bow to Call for More Cuts Janet Hook 2011

At this writing, 40 year olds are eligible to volunteer for military service, and therefore 40 year olds would be subject to the national-service draft.

Robert Naiman: For a DREAMy, Wartime, National-Service Draft Robert Naiman 2010

Closer to home, AmeriCorps , one of the largest national-service programs, is aiming for 10% of its 85,000 participants to be at least 55 years old — up from 4% in fiscal 2009.

How to Change the World Kelly Greene 2010

Those three accomplishments -- all of them significant in their own right -- now join the 111th's other achievements: Health-care reform, the financial-regulation bill, the stimulus, Ted Kennedy's national-service bill, the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the expansion of the Children's Health Insurance Program and student-loan reform, just to name a few.

Wonkbook: The do-something Congress keeps doing things Ezra Klein 2010

AmeriCorps offers several national-service programs that vary in length and focus, but all offer an annual $4,725 education award.

Help Now, Work Later 2009

This will take the national-service movement to a new level, create thousands of jobs and help young Americans pay for college.

An Army Of Changemakers 2009

The president deserves credit for signing bipartisan national-service legislation last month, which was an important plank of his campaign platform.

The First 1,000 Days 2009

Though it seems unlikely, students say that they wish the president would expand existing national-service programs that allow medical graduates to pay off some debt by working in underserved parts of the country.

Future Shock For Med Students 2008

The president typically chooses his own outfits, and his runs have become showcases for causes ranging from national-service projects to National Tourism Day.

Running for It 2008