Winning Back America: on Welfare & Poverty


Dean Corps replaces under-funded AmeriCorps

I’m proud of an idea my supporters in Iowa came up with, which they’ve called Dean Corps, to rebuild their local communities. Dean Corps is based on AmeriCorps. Members donate their time, energy, and labor to community service. Dean Corps began in Iowa, intending to fill in the vacuum left by the Bush administration’s underfunding of AmeriCorps, which hit Iowa particularly hard. Dean Corps has been active in the unemployed community in Iowa, and it is also doing environmental outreach and developing programs to help ensure that the needs of seniors are met.

The first Dean Corps event I participated in was at the Johnson County Crisis Center in Iowa City. We collected more than 320 pounds of donated food for unemployed Iowans who were having difficulty making ends meet. The Crisis Center exists because hardworking Americans are willing to volunteer their time. Thanks to their contributions, their neighbors have a resource to fall back no when they are having trouble feeding their family.

Source: Winning Back America, by Howard Dean, p.135 Dec 3, 2003

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