Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield and a coalition of other attorneys general successfully reversed a $184 million federal cut to AmeriCorps. However, some places that relied on the program are still reeling from the initial cut.

Some organizations that relied on AmeriCorps funding had already begun making cuts and laying people off after the first announcement. In Douglas County and southern Oregon, the organization that managed AmeriCorps members, United Community Action Network, had begun letting people go.

Kasey Hovik, the executive director of Umpqua Watersheds, said the back and forth between cuts and the lawsuit has resulted in delays and uncertainty. While the Roseburg conservation organization was able to retain its sole AmeriCorps member through member support, Hovik says o

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