
(Photo by Michael Nagle/Getty Images via the North Dakota Monitor)
(By: North Dakota Monitor Staff) – Four North Dakota organizations awarded AmeriCorps funding by the North Dakota Department of Commerce were impacted by the federal funding cuts.
Three ongoing programs lost all of their grant money:
- Souris Basin Planning Council, a Minot economic development organization, lost roughly $264,000
- Cooperstown Community Activities lost about $102,000
- South East Education Cooperative Professional Corps., a Fargo education association, lost about $25,000
A Dickinson-based mentorship program for youth at risk of dropping out of high school run by Sanford lost a $41,908 grant.

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