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Today on The Agenda, we’re diving into the real-life impact of a major national decision: President Trump’s executive order to defund AmeriCorps.

A preliminary injunction issued by a federal judge means that programs that teach children and adults to read, respond to disasters, and address food insecurity and public health issues will once again be funded and supported.

The Trump administration’s decision to dismantle AmeriCorps has had a rippling impact, including in Delaware, which is part of a new multistate lawsuit regarding the cuts.

Attorney General Kathy Jennings today announced that Delaware is co-leading a group of 24 states and the District of Columbia in a lawsuit to block the Trump Administration’s dismantling of AmeriCorps.

Delaware is being recognized as an innovative national leader for its high-dosage tutoring partnership with Reading Assist.

The Wilmington Learning Collaborative, created in November 2022, oversees nine city elementary schools in the Brandywine, Christina and Red Clay Consolidated school districts.

Dorian Taylor makes reading fun. As a painter and musician who “did a stint with a puppet circus,” he uses his artistic background to get at-risk elementary schoolers excited about books.

Wilmington University is a valued partner in AmeriCorps’ Reading Assist program, an early intervention program for children who face barriers to literacy.