Important Update
⚠️ Important Update: PVSA Program Temporarily Paused by AmeriCorps
As of May 27, 2025, AmeriCorps has placed the President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) program on a temporary pause. Unfortunately, Generation SERVE and other Certifying Organizations were not notified in advance of this decision.
While we are unable to place award orders during this pause, we want to assure families that we are still closing out our current PVSA service year as planned. We will continue to track and process all eligible volunteer hours to ensure we are fully prepared to apply for awards should the program resume.
As of May 27, 2025, AmeriCorps has placed the President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) program on a temporary pause. Unfortunately, Generation SERVE and other Certifying Organizations were not notified in advance of this decision.
While we are unable to place award orders during this pause, we want to assure families that we are still closing out our current PVSA service year as planned. We will continue to track and process all eligible volunteer hours to ensure we are fully prepared to apply for awards should the program resume.
✅ What Families Need to Know: Although PVSA awards are temporarily paused, Generation SERVE is still completing the current 2024–25 service year and asks families to adhere to our planned submission deadlines. These deadlines ensure we have everything needed on file and that eligible service hours are fully considered when PVSA operations resume.
Key Deadlines:
🗓️ PVSA Outside Hours Submissions
💡 What Happens Next?
What You Can Do
PVSA has meant a great deal to thousands of youth and families across the country. Here's what you can do:
✅ Contact your federal representatives to express support for the PVSA program and AmeriCorps as an institution. Find your representatives and send a message here: https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials
✅ Share your family’s PVSA story with policymakers — your voice matters!
We will continue to keep you informed of any PVSA updates via our social media, our PVSA webpage, and further email communications. If you have questions for us about our PVSA program, please reach out to [email protected].
Key Deadlines:
🗓️ PVSA Outside Hours Submissions
- March–May 2025 PVSA Outside Hours are due by: June 14, 2025. Hours completed before March 2025 are not currently eligible for submission.
- The PVSA Outside Hours Form will close on June 15, 2025. Submissions for service hours completed after May 31 are not eligible for the 2024–25 PVSA service year.
- The form will reopen for the 2025-26 PVSA service year should the temporary pause be lifted by AmeriCorps.
💡 What Happens Next?
- We cannot place new orders until AmeriCorps resumes PVSA operations.
- We are committed to recognizing every eligible youth’s contributions should the program reopen.
What You Can Do
PVSA has meant a great deal to thousands of youth and families across the country. Here's what you can do:
✅ Contact your federal representatives to express support for the PVSA program and AmeriCorps as an institution. Find your representatives and send a message here: https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials
✅ Share your family’s PVSA story with policymakers — your voice matters!
We will continue to keep you informed of any PVSA updates via our social media, our PVSA webpage, and further email communications. If you have questions for us about our PVSA program, please reach out to [email protected].