The plan, A New Call to Service, would give additional funds to programs like AmeriCorps and increase the number of their positions to 250,000, which, according to The Associated Press, would cost $20 billion over 10 years.
Buttigieg also aims to create new organizations like a Climate Corps, Community Health Corps and Intergenerational Service Corps.
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“I served alongside and trusted my life to people who held totally different political views," added Buttigieg, an Afghanistan veteran. "You shouldn’t have to go to war in order to have that kind of experience, which is why I am proposing a plan to create more opportunities for national service.”
The Hill
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