• happybadger [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Americorps technically does the same thing but with nowhere near the funding or scale. It's basically a public trade school focused on marginalised 18-25 year-olds. If it were expanded out to all ages and gave similar 4-year degree options to the military, it'd be much better.

    • neera_tanden [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      Americorps js the best we’ve got, and they do a lot of good work while minimizing labor costs

      • spring_rabbit [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        I did a couple terms of Americorps. We were basically paraeducators, but without any sort of licensing or training and paid about 12k a year.