About half Americorps According to a review of the terminated Americorps grant program, the Trump administration’s plan to terminate in the controversial decision is a program won by state and community presidents in the 2024 election.

CBS News has received a list of more than 1,000 Americorps grant programs that have been terminated in recent weeks.

The broad list includes a Missouri-based child abuse prevention organization, counselors for rural Alaska children, which provides life-saving flood relief in West Virginia and a organization that helps Michigan provide nearly one million volunteer hours.

Some affected groups told CBS News that the Trump administration has stopped providing some funding for the AmeriCorps program, threatening the helping future of some of the poorest counties and rural areas in the United States, many of whom voted on Trump last year.

AmeriCorps is a federal agency that helps support and launch national services programs and volunteer services. It began in the 1960s and was a branch of the Peace Corps and has developed over the decades since serving as a key provider of funding and support to build new infrastructure in areas in need, assist with disaster relief, and serve rural and internal urban and internal urban health programs and educational services in lower societies and cities.

Some organizations whose administration suddenly deprived funds said the termination of grants had resulted in “damage and chaos” and "subverted” the lives of participants who contributed to community aid programs.

In new lawsuits filed by some affected organizations, the groups believe that Americorps’ full-time employees are also at risk of being weakened. The lawsuit said the groups "almost all have found themselves arranged for administrative leave, and the layoff notices indicate they will be fired from employment on June 24."

The list of affected programs obtained by CBS News shows that states with the highest poverty levels have cut more than 100 grants: Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Kentucky, West Virginia, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Alabama.

Cuts include funding for several other child abuse prevention programs in Independence, Missouri and California.

Alexandria, Louisiana, has cut $345,000 in food pantry. A similar rural health program was cancelled in a small farm community in Lake Village, Arkansas.

CBS News learned that the reduction will affect programs that serve nearly 10,000 people in Alaska this year, including children's education services.

Katie Abbott, executive director of the Alaska Services Commission Services Committee, told CBS News: "Sitka school students will lose mentors and classroom support. Uzki's children will lose dance and cultural coaches."

She continued that some “high school students will no longer be able to serve as AmeriCorps members at the school to explore and learn workforce skills and future careers.”

Shawnee State University in Portsmouth, Ohio, will lose plans to support teacher education and early literacy. A university spokesperson told CBS News they received a notice last week that it has been terminated and will not continue. Shawnee State's termination grant program priced at nearly $756,000.

In Detroit, grants for Americorps’ “City Safety” program were also canceled. These programs were coordinated with the assistance of Wayne State University, which included boarding vacant houses and clearing vacant lots to improve public safety and reduce crime threats.

Ramona Washington, director of the Urban Safety Program at Wayne State University, said in a statement that the $1.3 million funding ended “stops important advocacy and community support efforts by WSU faculty, staff, students and Americorps members.”

"Our students, as members of AmeriCorps, have helped lead community-engaged research and service learning programs to improve urban public safety and public health. Without this support, our progress in building safer and healthier communities is at serious risk."

A Wayne State University spokesman told CBS News that the organization's AmeriCorps campaign also includes "a outreach campaign by the Detroit Police Department to connect with victims of domestic violence and assist in navigating the process of personal protection orders."

According to a list obtained by CBS News from a source familiar with the cuts, the cuts also include money from the Boys and Girls Club program in West Palm Beach, Florida.

High Rocks Education, in Lewisburg, West Virginia, also lost funds from Americorps. A spokesperson for the organization told CBS News that cutting could have a huge impact on its ability to help young people in the state and exacerbate the decline in youth population in the mountains.

The organization is crucial to help Greenbrier County respond and recover in 2016 in the catastrophic floods of White Sulpher Springs. High Rocks received a $1.4 million grant through the AmeriCorps program, according to a list obtained by CBS News. West Virginia has some of the most needed communities and maximum per capita use, according to multiple sources.

At least two lawsuits were filed regarding the termination. A few affected organizations and nonprofits have filed federal civil lawsuits in Maryland to stop court orders from being removed from Americorps.

One of the organizations that filed the lawsuit, Red Cloud Indian School in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, said it had received 26 years of funding to help respond to a “severe teacher shortage” in one of the poorest parts of the United States. CBS News learned that the program received a $395,621 grant.

In civil lawsuits, some grant recipients argued: “These detailed actions forced early dismissals of participants, halted ongoing projects organized around the country, and jeopardized critical support for communities across the country, with particularly severe impacts on rural areas where Bipartisan’s support has traditionally been enjoyed.”

Nearly twenty state attorneys general, including Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown, have filed another federal lawsuit to avoid cutting Americans.

According to published reports, a White House spokeswoman defended the decline in AmeriCorps, saying last week: “AmeriCorps failed eight consecutive audits and was entrusted with more than $1 billion in taxpayer dollars each year. This is the target environment for the victory president.

The AmeriCorps administrator did not immediately respond to a request for comment for cutting the list of plans.

Gwen Moore, a Wisconsin Democrat, told CBS News: "Our community will be directly affected by the layoffs in this administration because these demands will not disappear. I know the value of Americorps Firsthand, and I lead my fellow Americorps in a letter to President Trump, calling on him to withdraw large-scale labor and ensure their labor force to ensure that our area serves our area in our area, our area can all be our area.