AmeriCorps Seeks Feedback on Form for Hosting National Service Teams
Published Date: 10/19/2026
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Summary
AmeriCorps is updating the application form for groups that want to host NCCC service teams. If you’re a business or organization interested in sponsoring a team, this affects you! They’re asking for feedback by December 18, 2026, and the changes aim to make the process smoother without adding extra costs or time burdens.
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Sponsor Application: More housing questions
If you are a business or organization that wants to sponsor an AmeriCorps NCCC team, AmeriCorps is revising the NCCC Service Project Application to ask additional, more specific questions about available housing. The collection currently receives about 1,800 annual responses and totals about 15,300 annual burden hours (OMB Control Number 3045-0010), and AmeriCorps says these changes are expected to increase burden hours. Written comments on the revision are due by December 18, 2026.
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