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{{Program | {{Program | ||
|ProgramName= | |ProgramName=AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) Program | ||
|ProgramType=Program | |ProgramType=Program | ||
|OrgSponsor= | |OrgSponsor=AmeriCorps | ||
|TopOrganization= | |TopOrganization=Corporation for National and Community Service | ||
| | |CreationLegislation=National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-82), Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-13) | ||
| | |Purpose=The AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) Program, administered by AmeriCorps under the Corporation for National and Community Service, provides full-time, team-based service opportunities for young adults to address critical community needs in areas like disaster response, environmental conservation, and education. It aims to foster civic engagement, develop leadership skills, and strengthen communities by deploying teams of 18–26-year-olds to projects in rural, urban, and tribal areas, available nationwide through residential campuses and field assignments, supported by stipends, training, and housing. | ||
|Website=https://www.americorps.gov/nccc | |||
|ProgramStart=1994 | |||
|InitialFunding=$25 million | |||
|Duration=Ongoing | |||
|Historic=false | |||
}} | }} | ||
{{Short description|Agricultural extension service operated by the University of Alaska Fairbanks}} | {{Short description|Agricultural extension service operated by the University of Alaska Fairbanks}} | ||
'''University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service''' is an outreach-based educational delivery system supported by a partnership between the [[United States Department of Agriculture]] (USDA) and the [[University of Alaska Fairbanks]] (UAF). The UAF Cooperative Extension Service annually serves approximately 80,000 Alaskans, “providing a link between Alaska's diverse people and communities by interpreting and extending relevant university, research-based knowledge in an understandable and usable form to the public.”<ref>UAF Cooperative Extension, [http://www.uaf.edu/ces/about/ "About"], Retrieved June, 2012</ref> Since 1930<ref>''Capital City Weekly'', [http://www.capitalcityweekly.com/stories/091405/community_20050914014.shtml "Cooperative Extension Celebrates 75 Years of Service to Alaskans"], September 14, 2005</ref> the UAF Extension Service has partnered with many organizations across the state of [[Alaska]] in pursuit of fulfilling its [[land-grant university]] mission to disseminate agricultural research and other scientific information. | '''University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service''' is an outreach-based educational delivery system supported by a partnership between the [[United States Department of Agriculture]] (USDA) and the [[University of Alaska Fairbanks]] (UAF). The UAF Cooperative Extension Service annually serves approximately 80,000 Alaskans, “providing a link between Alaska's diverse people and communities by interpreting and extending relevant university, research-based knowledge in an understandable and usable form to the public.”<ref>UAF Cooperative Extension, [http://www.uaf.edu/ces/about/ "About"], Retrieved June, 2012</ref> Since 1930<ref>''Capital City Weekly'', [http://www.capitalcityweekly.com/stories/091405/community_20050914014.shtml "Cooperative Extension Celebrates 75 Years of Service to Alaskans"], September 14, 2005</ref> the UAF Extension Service has partnered with many organizations across the state of [[Alaska]] in pursuit of fulfilling its [[land-grant university]] mission to disseminate agricultural research and other scientific information. | ||