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National service plan.(Politics)
John Kerry, "A Plan to Enlist 1 Million Americans in National Service a Year," February 2004 (johnkerry.com)
A national service initiative ranked high among Bill Clinton's priorities, and, to the surprise of many conservatives, George W. Bush called for expanding Clinton's AmeriCorps program. Presumptive Democratic nominee John Kerry has even loftier ambitions for national service: a plan to enlist 1 million Americans in community service programs each year. In addition to expanding existing programs like the Peace Corps and AmeriCorps, Kerry's national service plan focuses on four groups: teenagers, enlisted military personnel, senior citizens, and civil defense volunteers.
For teens, Kerry favors a wide range of summer community service activities. In exchange for helping out in nursing homes, teaching senior citizens computer skills, and cleaning up national parks, youths would receive $500 grants for college or vocational school tuition. Kerry also wants to mandate community service for high school graduation everywhere in the country and leave states free to design different programs. He also promises that the federal government would fund these state designed programs.
Military service would also become more attractive to some under Kerry's plans. He wants to make it easier for enlisted men and women to afford college by ...
- The Harford County Office.(Hartford County Office on Aging's Retired and Senior...
- Magazine article from: Baltimore Business Journal Werner, Ben October 22, 1999 700+ words
...was awarded an $84,000-a-year grant from the Corporation of National Service, the federal agency that keeps tabs on and encourages volunteerism among senior citizens. The money will be used to help fund the county's Retired and Senior...
- Martin Luther King Day 2000: A Day On, Not a Day Off; Americans Nationwide...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 17, 2000 700+ words
...the Corporation for National Service. Wofford was a leader...paint homes of senior citizens and distribute food...YMCA and helping senior citizens. The Day of Service...the Corporation for National Service in partnership with...
- Senior citizens: a new force in community service.
- Magazine article from: USA Today (Magazine) Freedman, Marc January 1, 1997 700+ words
...areas are extensive and urgent? National service offers a particularly appealing...at least one year - that defines national service. The rationale for senior participation in national service centers on three overlapping and...
- Clinton's gimmicky national service plan is still breathing, but barely....
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Grady, Sandy July 29, 1993 700+ words
...was a dream called national service. No matter how...perhaps helping senior citizens, tutoring the poor...dump, Clinton's national service dream was still...But the fact that national service is still breathing...
- ICT in National Service, NEW STRAITS TIMES-MANAGEMENT TIMES.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire November 7, 2002 700+ words
...into the proposed National Service programme as it could...in the course of National Service will in turn help...said, enhancing National Service with ICT will enable...rural poor, women, senior citizens and the disabled...
- NATIONAL SERVICE HICCUPS WILL NOT RECUR, SAYS SHAFIE.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire February 17, 2004 700+ words
...not recur during the deployment of the second group of National Service (NS) trainees, Deputy Defence Minister Datuk Shafie...caused by yesterday's incident, especially to parents and senior citizens who came from afar to send off the trainees," he told...
- National service rises as a critical issue.
- Newspaper article from: Nation's Cities Weekly Peirce, Neal June 2, 2003 700+ words
The idea of expanded national service--encouraging young people to serve their nation in civilian...do their part." Others, it's suggested, could help senior citizens five independently instead of in nursing homes, tutor young...
- Putting the National in National Service.
- Magazine article from: Washington Monthly McCain, John October 1, 2001 700+ words
...exception to this trend is AmeriCorps, the program of national service begun by President Bill Clinton. Since 1994, more than...thousands of homes constructed; hundreds of thousands of senior citizens assisted to live independently in their own homes; millions...
- Groups' accounting practices questioned.
- News wire article from: Knight Ridder Washington Bureau (Washington, DC) January 1, 2006 700+ words
...Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Blinded Veterans Association, AMVETS National Service Foundation and the TREA Senior Citizens League. "It's really a way to disguise your fundraising," said Daniel Borochoff, the...
- FEATURES: Senior citizens - too disparate to be wooed by parties.
- News wire article from: Business Line April 9, 2009 700+ words
...Coimbatore: Even as the population of senior citizens grows, it is surprising that this...socialjustice.nic.in ), the number of senior citizens, which was 70.69 million in 2001...above 65. This creates problems for senior citizens dependent on deposit interest/pension...
Source: HighBeam Research, National service plan.(Politics)