Economy Inspires More to Do Community Service in U.S.

Obama wants to expand the program to accommodate both the growing need and desire to perform community service.

He is proposing $1.13 billion in next year's budget for the umbrella corporation. That would be a $241 million increase from this year's budget and it would pave the way for AmeriCorps to expand from 75,000 positions to 250,000 in coming years.