Shutdown has cut funding for AmeriCorps volunteers by more than a third . AmeriCorps stance on cut : ` ` It means that some real decisions have to be made '' If they drop out of the program , they become ineligible for the year-end scholarship . Volunteers are n't allowed to take full - time jobs and lose scholarship if they leave voluntarily .
Shutdown has cut funding for AmeriCorps volunteers by more than a third . AmeriCorps stance on cut : ` ` It means that some real decisions have to be made '' Volunteers are n't allowed to take full - time jobs and lose scholarship if they leave voluntarily .