WASHINGTON (7News) — Some AmeriCorps members who respond to disasters across the country and in D.C. were cut in another round of Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) layoffs.

7News investigated the impacts in the District with Jeffrey Richardson, the founder of a Northeast non-profit.

“We have Americans responding to Americans in crisis,” Richardson said.

Now, with the cuts, he said more people are joining the list instead of responding to the crisis.

Saturday morning, we had to notify all of our active AmeriCorps members and partners that the grant award that supports their volunteer stipend was terminated immediately.

Richardson’s organization relies on 17 AmeriCorps members, such as Tony Wood, to provide emergency health services every day.

“We had education awards at the end of the AmeriCorps program,” Wood said. “I’m wondering if this affects that- will this affect my old money. I’m really concerned about that because I was going to use those education rewards to go back to school.”

“Although they were cut from the program on Friday, freshman Tiffany Oliver and Aniya Davis showed up to volunteer Saturday morning.

“My service was never for the money,” Davis said. “I did it for the service and for my community to better my community.”

“It’s kind of difficult because now,” Oliver said. “I think I have to look for another job to support me through school, it was really hard to hear.”

The AmeriCorps site indicates that it has nearly 200,000 members, comprising individuals aged 18 to 26 and seniors. They are assigned to non-profits or FEMA, and at the end, they can receive funding for their education or student loans.

“Many of them in two weeks won’t have the money to go to the grocery store,” Richardson said.

AmeriCorps members were at the forefront after Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Helene. In Washington, members address health and safety crises on a daily basis.

“I don’t know what we’re going to do when the next natural disaster comes,” Richardson said.

Meanwhile, the trump administration maintains cuts are needed to prevent what it calls government waste.