This
amounted to a return
of more than $ 2 for every taxpayer dollar spent and a social return
of nearly $ 4 for every dollar spent.13 The social return included benefits such as improved skills and human capital, greater lifetime
civic engagement, lower delinquency and criminal activity, and even improved health status for volunteers.14 Cost - benefit analyses
of more than 50 individual AmeriCorps programs have yielded similar results.15