DES MOINES, Iowa ( IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH ) - Bur Oak Land Trust, an Iowa nonprofit organization, joined more than a dozen groups from across the country in a lawsuit against the Trump administration for continuing to withhold funding for AmeriCorps programs.

Bur Oak, and 13 additional nonprofits won a preliminary injunction in July from a lawsuit in response to Department of Government Efficiency cuts to AmeriCorps program funding and staffing. Despite the injunction, the expanded suit alleges the White House’s Office of Management and Budget is withholding the funds.

Jason Taylor, Bur Oak Land Trust’s executive director, said the cuts meant the group lost all of its AmeriCorps staff for the summer, which greatly impacted the projects the trust could complete. The trust works to re

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