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AmeriCorps VISTA is a national service program designed to alleviate poverty. President John F. Kennedy originated the idea for VISTA, which was founded as Volunteers in Service to America in 1965, and incorporated into the AmeriCorps network of programs in 1993. [1] VISTA is an acronym for Volunteers in Service to America.
Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) is a non-profit organization of volunteer counselors who provide free mentoring, education programs, workshops, and webinars to small businesses. [2] SCORE is a resource partner of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) who administers a Congressional grant which provides SCORE with funding.
To provide immediate financial assistance and lifetime support to wounded, critically ill and injured service members, veterans, and military families from all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces. Headquarters: Camp Pendleton, California: Expenses: Semper Fi & America's Fund has maintained an overhead of 7% since its inception.
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AmeriCorps (/ ə ˈ m ɛr ɪ k ɔːr / ə-MERR-ih-kor [citation needed]; officially the Corporation for National and Community Service or CNCS) is an independent agency of the United States government that engages more than five million Americans in service through a variety of stipended volunteer work programs in many sectors.
Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) was established by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in 2011 to create public-private partnerships to rapidly re-house [1] homeless Veteran families and prevent homelessness for very low-income Veterans at imminent risk due to a housing crisis.
Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) is an American charity and veterans service organization that operates as a nonprofit 501(c)(3).WWP offers a variety of programs, services and events for wounded veterans who incurred a physical or mental injury, illnesses, or co-incident to their military service on or after September 11, 2001.
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