Some of the impacted groups told CBS News the Trump administration's halting of some funding for AmeriCorps projects threatens the future of help in some of America's most impoverished counties and rural areas, many of which voted overwhelmingly for Trump last year.

Connecticut officials learned that the state-administered portions of AmeriCorps had been abruptly cut, along with its programs for senior volunteers and 85% of its federal workforce.

A coalition of local organizations has pooled funding to help two local AmeriCorps programs stay afloat after 550 Maryland service members lost their jobs.