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100 Vaccination Centers Get a Boost from AmeriCorps National service agency deploys disaster response teams nationwide to increase vaccine access in underserved communities, reduce wait times, and help get more people to vaccination sites
April 08, 2021 16:17 ET | Source: AmeriCorps AmeriCorps Washington District of Columbia, UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) As part of President Biden’s commitment to safely vaccinate 200 million Americans before the end of April, the federal agency for national service, AmeriCorps, has deployed members to more than 99 vaccination centers and mobile clinics across the country to augment efforts by local, state, and federal agencies to get shots in arms of eligible adults.
2020 Florida Conservation Corps Team
In January 2020, 65 people entered service in the Florida Conservation Corps, which operates as an AmeriCorps National Service Program.
Each member agreed to serve for 1,700 hours, gaining hands-on experience and training in exchange for a monthly living allowance, eligibility for health insurance, childcare assistance and student loan forbearance options. Serving at various state parks around Florida, each member joined one of three project areas: Project A.N.T. (AmeriCorps Non-native plant Terminators), Project R.O.A.R. (Regional Outreach and Awareness Recruiters) and Project T.R.E.C. (Trail Restoration and Enhancement Corps).
Throughout 2020, members worked diligently on their projects at Florida s state parks. Project A.N.T. members braved the heat and humidity to treat invasive plants, exotic plants that harm our native species by taking up space and nutrients. Project T.R.E.C. members traveled to different state parks restoring and ma