---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 12618"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "12618"
heading: "Authorized benefits for Corps members"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/12618"
units:
  - "Chapter 129 — National and Community Service"
  - "Subchapter I — National and Community Service State Grant Program"
  - "Division E — National Civilian Community Corps"
---

# §12618. Authorized benefits for Corps members

- (a) **In general—** The [Director](/usc/42/12626.md?p=6) shall provide for members of the National Civilian Community [Corps](/usc/42/12626.md?p=3) to receive benefits authorized by this section.
- (b) **Living allowance—** The [Director](/usc/42/12626.md?p=6) shall provide a living allowance to members of the [Corps](/usc/42/12626.md?p=3) for the period during which such members are engaged in training or any activity on a [Corps](/usc/42/12626.md?p=3) [project](/usc/42/13641.md?p=2). The [Director](/usc/42/12626.md?p=6) shall establish the amount of the allowance at any amount not in excess of the amount equal to 100 percent of the poverty line that is applicable to a family of two (as defined by the Office of Management and Budget and revised annually in accordance with [section 9902(2) of this title](/usc/42/9902.md?p=2).[^1]
- (c) **Other authorized benefits—** While receiving training or engaging in service [projects](/usc/42/13641.md?p=2) as members of the National Civilian Community [Corps](/usc/42/12626.md?p=3), members may be provided the following benefits, as the [Director](/usc/42/12626.md?p=6) determines appropriate:
  - (1) Allowances for travel expenses, personal expenses, and other expenses.
  - (2) Quarters.
  - (3) Subsistence.
  - (4) Transportation.
  - (5) Equipment.
  - (6) Uniforms.
  - (7) Supplies.
  - (8) Other services determined by the [Director](/usc/42/12626.md?p=6) to be consistent with the purposes of the [Program](/usc/42/12626.md?p=8).
- (d) **Supportive services—** As the [Director](/usc/42/12626.md?p=6) determines appropriate, the [Director](/usc/42/12626.md?p=6) may provide each member of the [Corps](/usc/42/12626.md?p=3) with health care services, child care services, counseling services, and other supportive services.
- (e) **Post-service benefits—** Upon completion of the agreed period of service with the [Corps](/usc/42/12626.md?p=3), a member shall elect to receive the educational assistance under [subsection (f)](#f) or the cash benefit under [subsection (g)](#g).
- (f) **National service educational awards—** A [Corps](/usc/42/12626.md?p=3) member who successfully completes a period of agreed service in the [Corps](/usc/42/12626.md?p=3) may receive the national service educational award described in division D if the [Corps](/usc/42/12626.md?p=3) member—
  - (1) serves in an approved national service position; and
  - (2) satisfies the eligibility requirements specified in [section 12602 of this title](/usc/42/12602.md) with respect to service in that approved national service position.
- (g) **Alternative benefit—** If a [Corps](/usc/42/12626.md?p=3) member who successfully completes a period of agreed service in the [Corps](/usc/42/12626.md?p=3) is ineligible for the national service educational award described in division D, the [Director](/usc/42/12626.md?p=6) may provide for the provision of a suitable alternative benefit for the [Corps](/usc/42/12626.md?p=3) member.

## Footnotes

[^1]: So in original. A closing parenthesis probably should precede the period.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 101–610, title I, § 158, formerly § 195G, as added Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title X, § 1092(a)(1), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2526; renumbered § 158 and amended Pub. L. 103–82, title I, § 104(b), (g), title IV, § 403(b), Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 840, 847, 920; Pub. L. 111–13, title I, § 1508, Apr. 21, 2009, 123 Stat. 1525.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 12653g of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 103–82, § 104(b).

### Amendments

2009—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1508(1), inserted “National” before “Civilian Community Corps”.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1508(2)(A), in introductory provisions, inserted “National” before “Civilian Community Corps” and “, as the Director determines appropriate” before colon.

Subsec. (c)(6). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1508(2)(B), substituted “Uniforms” for “Clothing”.

Subsec. (c)(7). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1508(2)(C), substituted “Supplies” for “Recreational services and supplies”.

1993—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–82, § 403(b), substituted “Director” for “Director of the Civilian Community Corps”.

Subsecs. (f) to (h). Pub. L. 103–82, § 104(g), added subsecs. (f) and (g) and struck out former subsecs. (f) to (h) which related to monetary educational assistance, cash benefit election for Corps members, and other post-service benefits, respectively.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2009 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 111–13 effective Oct. 1, 2009, see section 6101(a) of Pub. L. 111–13, set out as a note under section 4950 of this title.

### Effective Date of 1993 Amendment

Amendment by section 104(b), (g) of Pub. L. 103–82 effective Oct. 1, 1993, see section 123 of Pub. L. 103–82, set out as a note under section 1701 of Title 16, Conservation.