GREENFIELD — DIAL/SELF Youth and Community Services, a Greenfield-based nonprofit that serves youths across Franklin, Hampshire and Hampden counties and the North Quabbin region, announced Tuesday that the federal Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is expected to cut nearly 40% of its roughly $2 million budget.

According to DIAL/SELF Executive Director Phillip Ringwood, the organization receives roughly $750,000 annually from AmeriCorps, a federal agency that provides funding and volunteer resources to service agencies across the country. Ringwood said he received an email from AmeriCorps on Sunday stating that the funding “no longer effectuates the priorities of the [presidential] administration.”

“We currently have 27 AmeriCorps members actively serving at nonprofits and schools, doing tutoring, doing mentoring work, helping youth in restorative justice practices,” he said. “They’re able to help [youth] with behavior regulation and relationships with other students in a way that is positive.”

The anticipated cuts were announced as DIAL/SELF plans its fiscal year 2026 budget. Ringwood said the cuts would have a significant impact on the nonprofit’s local services, and would mean the elimination of four DIAL/SELF staff members and an additional 27 AmeriCorps members that would have otherwise been able to serve at other agencies.

“That would impact other organizations’ programming as well. We have program members who are serving [or have previously served] Big Brothers Big Sisters, Musica Franklin, a variety of different schools in Franklin, Hampshire and Hampden counties — they would all have to figure out different ways to do programming,” Ringwood said. “In a year that’s already really tough budget wise, a lot of individuals’ programming at these other organizations would be impacted in a way that either they would no longer have the same quality of programming, or they might have to consider cutting different programs offered to youth and young people.”

Shortly after AmeriCorps launched in 1994, DIAL/SELF partnered with the federal agency and the Massachusetts Service Alliance to create an organization to support positive youth development and civic engagement in western Massachusetts. Since then, DIAL/SELF has supported roughly 30,000 young people at sites such as Holyoke High School, Upward Bound, Greenfield High School, Opportunity Academy, The Brick House Community Resource Center, Musica Franklin, Frontier Regional School, Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter School, North Star: Self-Directed Learning for Teens, Amherst-Pelham Regional High School and Enlace de Familias.

The cuts to AmeriCorps have not come without resistance, as 24 Democratic-led states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit in federal court in Baltimore on Tuesday arguing that Trump does not have the authority under the U.S. Constitution to gut AmeriCorps, which was created by Congress. Massachusetts is among the states to sign on to the lawsuit.

Ringwood added that with the current AmeriCorps contract running through July and expected to renew in August, he has been in contact with local representatives, such as Sen. Jo Comerford and Rep. Natalie Blais, to explore options to legally fight the anticipated cuts. He said he encourages community members to call their local legislators as well, and noted that should these federal cuts be irreversible, the nonprofit will seek private charitable support, as well as additional funding from the Massachusetts Service Alliance.

“I’d encourage anybody who’s looking to support this type of service work to also reach out to their elected officials,” Ringwood said. “We will [keep the public] updated on ways to get involved and help with restoring these services.”

Anthony Cammalleri can be reached at acammalleri@recorder.com or 413-930-4429.