---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 2556.125"
title: "45"
number: "2556.125"
heading: "May AmeriCorps deny or reduce VISTA assistance to an existing VISTA project?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/2556.125"
---

# §2556.125. May AmeriCorps deny or reduce VISTA assistance to an existing VISTA project?

- (a) AmeriCorps may deny or reduce VISTA assistance where a denial or reduction is based on:
  - (1) Legislative requirement;
  - (2) Availability of funding;
  - (3) Failure to comply with applicable term(s) or condition(s) of a contract, grant agreement, or an applicable Memorandum of Agreement;
  - (4) Ineffective management of AmeriCorps resources;
  - (5) Substantial failure to comply with AmeriCorps policy and overall objectives under a contract, grant agreement, or applicable Memorandum of Agreement; or
  - (6) **General policy.**
- (b) In instances where the basis for denial or reduction of VISTA assistance may also be the basis for the suspension or termination of a VISTA project under this subpart, AmeriCorps is not limited to the use of this section to the exclusion of the procedures for suspension or termination in this subpart.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4951-4953; 5 CFR part 734, 42 U.S.C. 4953(a), (f), 4954(b), (e), 4955(b), 4956, 5043(a)-(c), 5044(a)-(c), (e), 5046, 5052, 5056, and 5057; 42 U.S.C. 12651b (g)(10); 42 U.S.C. 12651c(c); E.O. 13279, 67 FR 77141, 3 CFR, 2002 Comp., p. 2156, 42 U.S.C. 4954(a), (b), (d), 4955, 5044(e), 5055, and 5059; 42 U.S.C. 12602(c), 42 U.S.C. 4953(b), (c), (f), and 5044(e).

### Source

Source: 88 FR 31180, May 16, 2023, unless otherwise noted.