MD Attorney General Anthony Brown co-led a coalition of 23 attorneys general – joined by the governors of Kentucky and Pennsylvania – in filing a lawsuit challenging the White House Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) attempt to gut AmeriCorps by withholding tens of millions of dollars in funding for critical service programs. In June, Attorney General Brown and the coalition won a court order that reinstated hundreds of AmeriCorps programs that were unlawfully cancelled and barred AmeriCorps from making similar cuts without formal rulemaking. Despite this order, OMB is withholding vast sums intended for outstanding service programs. This amended lawsuit adds OMB as a defendant and brings new legal claims against the agency. “Despite an order to restore funding to critical AmeriCorps programs that serve Maryland’s most vulnerable, the Trump administration is withholding tens of millions of dollars intended for programs that educate our children, care for our elderly, and feed our families. We will not allow the President to sidestep a court order and jeopardize programs Marylanders depend on and threaten the efforts of volunteers whose service uplifts families who struggle to make ends meet.” – AG Brown