Are AmeriCorps members eligible for unemployment?

Are AmeriCorps members eligible for Unemployment if they are released for cause since they technically are not employees of our organization?

Go to the AmeriCorps Provisions, Section 11 - Living Allowances, Other In-Service Benefits and Taxes and item D. Taxes and Insurance, #iv Unemployment Insurance. Basically, the statement that you are looking for is there in that paragraph which indicates that federal unemployment compensation law does not require coverage for members because no employer-employee relationship exists. However, it also goes on to say that a grantee cannot charge the cost of unemployment insurance to the grant unless mandated by state law. There, it recommends that programs are responsible for checking with their State Commission.
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