---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 2556.500"
title: "45"
number: "2556.500"
heading: "How is a position for a summer associate established in a project?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/2556.500"
---

# §2556.500. How is a position for a summer associate established in a project?


Subject to VISTA assistance availability, AmeriCorps approves the establishment of summer associate positions based on the following factors:

- (a) The need in the community, as demonstrated by the sponsor, for the performance of project activities by a summer associate(s);
- (b) The content and quality of summer associate project plans;
- (c) The capacity of the sponsor to implement the summer associate project activities; and
- (d) The sponsor's compliance with all applicable parts of the DVSA, VISTA program policy, and the sponsor's Memorandum of Agreement, which incorporates their project application.

## 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.