Here’s what to know about the cuts and how states are responding. What is AmeriCorps? AmeriCorps is a federal agency dedicated to paid national service as well as volunteerism, offering what it says are “opportunities for Americans of all backgrounds to serve their country.

California and nearly two dozen other states are suing the Trump administration over drastic cuts to the AmeriCorps agency.

The termination of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grants from the agency has left its programs, which address an array of needs, in turmoil.