By Kara Balcerzak, CNCS Staff

Ilyshiaw Turtle Concepcion (right) with Griffith Ryan-Roberts, her AmeriCOrps NCCC Unit Leader and mentor.

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By Catherine Frondorf

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How does AmeriCorps NCCC respond to disasters?  Like this…

From late May through mid-June, Texas was inundated by flooding due to a series of severe storms.  Of the more than 220 AmeriCorps and Senior Corps members responding to date, 64 are Denver-based NCCC or FEMA Corps members.  An additional 27 Denver-based FEMA Corps members are supporting response remotely.  Here is the Southwest Region’s response story.

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