2020 Presidential Election

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(07-04-2019, 09:58 AM)bfine32 Wrote: Obviously I applaud innovations such as this. Of course these programs are only as successful as those who are willing to use it. There are already similar plans in place. Without goggling how many people have heard of the SMART Program? It's a program that offers financial assistance to kids who pursue STEM Majors and agree to use those skills in service of the DoD. It's where I direct many kids who are not a fit for the Military. 

Lots of different programs, but the plan notes that the acceptance rate for these programs is low. Americorps is about 15% while the Peace Corps is 20%. The SMART scholarship has an acceptance rate that has varied from under 5% to almost 20% over the last decade. 

The plan calls for increasing the number of available service opportunities to meet the demand to serve and to create a culture of service that will promote local and state level programs too.