---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 2520.25"
title: "45"
number: "2520.25"
heading: "What direct service activities may AmeriCorps members perform?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/2520.25"
---

# §2520.25. What direct service activities may AmeriCorps members perform?

- (a) The AmeriCorps members you support under your grant may perform direct service activities that will advance the goals of your program, that will result in a specific identifiable service or improvement that otherwise would not be provided, and that are included in, or consistent with, your AmeriCorps-approved grant application.
- (b) Your members' direct service activities must address local environmental, educational, public safety (including disaster preparedness and response), or other human needs.
- (c) Direct service activities generally refer to activities that provide a direct, measurable benefit to an individual, a group, or a community.
- (d) Examples of the types of direct service activities AmeriCorps members may perform include, but are not limited to, the following:
  - (1) Tutoring children in reading;
  - (2) Helping to run an after-school program;
  - (3) Engaging in community clean-up projects;
  - (4) Providing health information to a vulnerable population;
  - (5) Teaching as part of a professional corps;
  - (6) Providing relief services to a community affected by a disaster; and
  - (7) **Conducting a neighborhood watch program as part of a public safety effort.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[70 FR 39597, July 8, 2005]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 12571-12595.

### Source

Source: 59 FR 13794, Mar. 23, 1994, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[70 FR 39597, July 8, 2005]