Resource: Erie County Dismisses Lawsuit Against AmeriCorps After Agency Agrees Erie County Can Conduct DEI Activities

By: Erie County

April 14, 2025

Erie County Website

Erie County has received welcome news as Americorps has informed our legal counsel that it has withdrawn its requirement that the county must certify compliance with Executive Orders 14151 and 14173 or certify that its grants “do not include any activities that promote DEI activities.” This follows the county’s filing of a lawsuit against Americorps due to President Donald Trump’s executive orders requiring federal grant recipients to certify they do not conduct “DEI activities.”

https://www4.erie.gov/exec/press/erie-county-dismisses-lawsuit-against-americorps-after-agency-agrees-erie-county-can-conduct