# Summary of H.R. 9569: Promoting Service through AmeriCorps Act
The Promoting Service through AmeriCorps Act modernizes and expands the AmeriCorps national service program by creating new service options and improving benefits for participants. The bill introduces a shorter 1,500-hour service option (instead of requiring the traditional 1,700 hours) completed within one year, allowing more people to participate in national service while still earning educational awards equivalent to 88 percent of the standard amount. It also increases the age limit for the National Civilian Community Corps from 24 to 26 years old and extends the maximum time participants have to use their education awards from 7 to 10 years, making it more valuable for workforce development and nontraditional education like career training programs.
The legislation improves the participant experience by allowing service members to choose between educational awards or monthly stipends, removes restrictions on transferring unused education awards to family members, and makes AmeriCorps alumni eligible for non-competitive federal job hiring within three years of completing service. The bill also establishes an Office of Alumni Engagement to track long-term impacts of service on participants' lives and creates administrative flexibility by allowing the Corporation for National and Community Service to reinvest unused federal funds into technology modernization and training. Funding is authorized through fiscal year 2029 in unspecified amounts.
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