AmeriCorps has long provided on-the-ground support to essential community programs in much the same way the Peace Corps does abroad.

Hundreds of AmeriCorps members in Iowa are scrambling for housing and jobs after the federal government abruptly terminated funding for the program this week.

Iowa's nonprofit sector is facing a crisis as federal cuts ordered by the Trump administration are causing mass layoffs, shuttered programs and fewer services across the state, multiple organizations tell Axios.