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Disaster response soon became an important area of focus for NCCC. In its first five years, the Corps developed strong relationships with [[FEMA]], the [[American Red Cross]], and the [[U.S. Forest Service]]. By 1999, roughly 11% of NCCC projects saw teams working with these organizations to respond to [[hurricanes]], [[forest fires]], and other natural disasters.<ref name="1999 GPRA Report"/> In 2005, after [[Hurricane Katrina]] devastated the [[Gulf Coast of the United States|Gulf Coast]], 80% of NCCC teams across all five regions were pulled from their projects to aid in the response.<ref name = "Fox">{{cite news|title=AmeriCorps on Budget Chopping Block |date= March 20, 2006 |author= Kelley Beaucar Vlahos|publisher=[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,188385,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060617164451/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,188385,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 17, 2006 }}</ref> Over the following four years, more than 4,000 NCCC members would serve on relief and recovery projects throughout the impacted region.<ref name="Vicksburg">{{cite press release |author=<!--Not Stated--> |title= National Service Agency Opens AmeriCorps Campus in Vicksburg |url= https://www.americorps.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2009/national-service-agency-opens-americorps-nccc-campus-vicksburg |publisher = Corporation for National and Community Service |date = 2009-09-01|access-date = 2024-03-03}}</ref> | Disaster response soon became an important area of focus for NCCC. In its first five years, the Corps developed strong relationships with [[FEMA]], the [[American Red Cross]], and the [[U.S. Forest Service]]. By 1999, roughly 11% of NCCC projects saw teams working with these organizations to respond to [[hurricanes]], [[forest fires]], and other natural disasters.<ref name="1999 GPRA Report"/> In 2005, after [[Hurricane Katrina]] devastated the [[Gulf Coast of the United States|Gulf Coast]], 80% of NCCC teams across all five regions were pulled from their projects to aid in the response.<ref name = "Fox">{{cite news|title=AmeriCorps on Budget Chopping Block |date= March 20, 2006 |author= Kelley Beaucar Vlahos|publisher=[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,188385,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060617164451/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,188385,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 17, 2006 }}</ref> Over the following four years, more than 4,000 NCCC members would serve on relief and recovery projects throughout the impacted region.<ref name="Vicksburg">{{cite press release |author=<!--Not Stated--> |title= National Service Agency Opens AmeriCorps Campus in Vicksburg |url= https://www.americorps.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2009/national-service-agency-opens-americorps-nccc-campus-vicksburg |publisher = Corporation for National and Community Service |date = 2009-09-01|access-date = 2024-03-03}}</ref> | ||
In 2006, then-President | In 2006, then-President George W. Bush proposed a federal budget which would have eliminated NCCC, but the proposal was ultimately not adopted.<ref name = "Fox"/> | ||
===2007 – present=== | ===2007 – present=== | ||