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In 1933 Franklin Roosevelt created America’s first, largest, and most highly esteemed domestic national service program: the Civilian Conservation Corps. As part of the CCC, Americans worked to rehabilitate, protect, and build the nation’s natural resources. Despite its success, the CCC was short lived. Why did this program die while later, more controversial national service programs, such as Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) and AmeriCorps, survive? And why—given the hardwon continuation and expansion of AmeriCorps—is national service less available as an option today than it was in 1933?

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Melissa Bass is an assistant professor of public policy leadership at the University of Mississippi.

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