These included funding to AmeriCorp, and a rejection of his plans to build up the United States nuclear weapons stores.
Formerly founder and CEO of Explore, Inc. and Director of White House Business Planning, Deputy Director of AmeriCorps.
The Commission is accomplishing this mission through the support of local community-based efforts to enhance volunteer opportunities and the administration of Illinois' AmeriCorps programs.
In November 2012 the Empire State VI was activated by the Department of Defense to provide housing and support for over 400 New York City/New Jersey area first responders, AmeriCorps - FEMA Corps and FEMA's Surge Capacity Force Personnel after Hurricane Sandy impacted the region.
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In the fall of 2012, after Hurricane Sandy struck the New York - New Jersey area, the college offered the vessel to billet AmeriCorps - FEMA Corps and FEMA workers, from outside the region.
In 1993, Ouromian was selected along with 1,500 young people to heed President Bill Clinton’s call to help serve inner-city youth across America as part of the pilot Summer of Service program, the precursor to AmeriCorps.
He has been a member of the advisory board of the AmeriCorps and National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC), a founding director of the Points of Light Foundation, member of the board of governors of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, and a member of the State of Indiana Community Service and Volunteer Committee and the Indiana Commission on Community Service (Indiana AmeriCorps).
Since 2002, the base has also been home to the Pacific Region Campus for the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps.
AmeriCorps (which includes the NCCC program) is a USA federally funded "network of more than 3,000 non-profit organizations, public agencies, and faith-based organizations." AmeriCorps has met with sharp criticisms from fiscal conservatives who accused it of being a "boondoggle", most notably by libertarian James Bovard in a Fox News article that covered proposals to cut funding for the program.
Taking inspiration from programs like Teach For America, AmeriCorps, and the Peace Corps, the central idea is to bring news media and digital creatives into underserved communities to provide help encourage more digital participation and digital citizens.