{"id":7180,"date":"2009-03-27T12:46:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-27T16:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-praises-passage-of-national-service-bill\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:11:51","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:11:51","slug":"merkley-praises-passage-of-national-service-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-praises-passage-of-national-service-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley elogia la aprobaci\u00f3n del proyecto de ley del servicio nacional"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 El Senado de los Estados Unidos aprob\u00f3 anoche una legislaci\u00f3n para fortalecer los programas que fomentan el servicio comunitario, una de las principales prioridades del presidente Barack Obama. El Senador Jeff Merkley trabaj\u00f3 para garantizar que los fondos puedan usarse para programas que encargan a los voluntarios restaurar la salud de los bosques y reducir el riesgo de incendios forestales en las tierras p\u00fablicas de Oreg\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&nbsp;\u201cDurante este tiempo de turbulencia econ\u00f3mica, muchos estadounidenses est\u00e1n buscando formas de retribuir a sus comunidades y ayudar a los necesitados\u201d, dijo Merkley, miembro del Comit\u00e9 de Salud, Educaci\u00f3n, Trabajo y Pensiones. \u201cLos programas de servicio como AmeriCorps ayudan a que esto sea posible brindando oportunidades para las personas y asistencia a las organizaciones de servicios\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>La Ley Edward M. Kennedy Serve America mejorar\u00e1 los programas de servicio nacional, como AmeriCorps, Learn and Serve, AmeriCorps VISTA, National Civilian Community Corps y Senior Corps Programs al:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ampliar el n\u00famero de participantes del servicio nacional de 75.000 a 250.000;<\/li>\n<li>Aumentar las oportunidades para que sirvan personas de todas las edades, desde estudiantes hasta personas mayores;<\/li>\n<li>Brindar asistencia a organizaciones sin fines de lucro para reclutar y administrar m\u00e1s voluntarios;<\/li>\n<li>Apoyar la innovaci\u00f3n en el sector sin fines de lucro; y<\/li>\n<li>Mejorar y ampliar las oportunidades de servicio internacional.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>En particular, la legislaci\u00f3n tambi\u00e9n designar\u00e1 oportunidades de servicios espec\u00edficos a trav\u00e9s del programa AmeriCorps:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>cuerpo de educaci\u00f3n<\/em> cuyos miembros trabajan para mejorar el rendimiento acad\u00e9mico, las tasas de graduaci\u00f3n y matr\u00edcula universitaria, la participaci\u00f3n de los estudiantes y otras necesidades educativas.<\/li>\n<li><em>Cuerpo de Futuros Saludables<\/em> cuyos miembros trabajan para aumentar el acceso a la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica entre las personas de bajos ingresos y sin seguro, la participaci\u00f3n en programas de prevenci\u00f3n de enfermedades por parte de quienes m\u00e1s los necesitan, la alfabetizaci\u00f3n en salud entre los pacientes y otras necesidades de salud.<\/li>\n<li><em>Cuerpo de Servicio de Energ\u00eda Limpia<\/em> cuyos miembros trabajan para mejorar la eficiencia energ\u00e9tica, los parques, senderos y bosques nacionales y estatales, y otras necesidades ambientales, de recursos y de energ\u00eda limpia.<\/li>\n<li><em>Cuerpo de oportunidad<\/em> cuyos miembros se enfocan en la reducci\u00f3n de la pobreza y la asistencia a personas de bajos ingresos.<\/li>\n<li><em>Cuerpo de Veteranos<\/em> cuyos miembros brindan los servicios y la asistencia necesarios a los veteranos, y brindar\u00e1n oportunidades de servicio para los veteranos.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Una disposici\u00f3n escrita por el Senador Merkley se incluy\u00f3 en el proyecto de ley del Senado para garantizar que los esfuerzos del Cuerpo de Servicios de Energ\u00eda Limpia incluyan programas dedicados a mejorar la salud de los bosques y reducir el riesgo de incendios forestales catastr\u00f3ficos a trav\u00e9s del aclareo de bosques.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cDurante a\u00f1os, los proyectos de salud forestal se han dejado en un segundo plano y los h\u00e1bitats y las comunidades rurales han pagado el precio. Ya ampliamos en gran medida los programas del Servicio Forestal dedicados a restaurar la salud de los bosques a trav\u00e9s del paquete de recuperaci\u00f3n econ\u00f3mica, pero hay mucho m\u00e1s trabajo por hacer\u201d, dijo Merkley. \u201cIncluir programas de servicios de salud forestal en la Ley Serve America reducir\u00e1 el riesgo de incendios forestales y ayudar\u00e1 a los j\u00f3venes a pagar la matr\u00edcula universitaria. Eso es beneficioso para nuestra econom\u00eda, para los estudiantes y para nuestros bosques\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC &ndash;The U.S. Senate last night passed legislation to strengthen programs that encourage community service, a major priority of President Barack Obama.&nbsp; Senator Jeff Merkley worked to ensure the funding can be used for programs that task volunteers with restoring forest health and reducing wildfire risk on Oregon&rsquo;s public lands. &nbsp;&ldquo;During this time of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[40,44],"class_list":["post-7180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-education","tag-jobs-and-the-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Merkley Praises Passage of National Service Bill - Merkley<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-praises-passage-of-national-service-bill\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Merkley Praises Passage of National Service Bill - Merkley\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WASHINGTON, DC &ndash;The U.S. Senate last night passed legislation to strengthen programs that encourage community service, a major priority of President Barack Obama.&nbsp; 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