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§12626. Definitions — Inbound Citations

42 U.S.C. § 12626

Cited by 1040 provisions in release 119-102.

Citations to §12626(1)

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Citations to §12626(3)

  • 42 U.S.C. § 12572(a)
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    (a) The recipient of a grant under section 12571(a) of this title and a Federal agency operating or supporting a national service program under section 12571(b) of this title shall use a portion of the financial assistance or positions involved, directly or through subgrants to other entities, to support or carry out the following national service corps or programs, as full- or part-time corps or programs, to address unmet needs:
    (A) The recipient may carry out national service programs through an Education Corps that identifies and meets unmet educational needs within communities through activities such as those described in subparagraph (B) and improves performance on the indicators described in subparagraph (C).
    (B) An Education Corps described in this paragraph may carry out activities such as—
    (i) tutoring, or providing other academic support to elementary school and secondary school students;
    (ii) improving school climate;
    (iii) mentoring students, including adult or peer mentoring;
    (iv) linking needed integrated services and comprehensive supports with students, their families, and their public schools;
    (v) providing assistance to a school in expanding the school day by strengthening the quality of staff and expanding the academic programming offered in an expanded learning time initiative, a program of a 21st century community learning center (as defined in section 7171 of title 20), or a high-quality after-school program;
    (vi) assisting schools and local educational agencies in improving and expanding high-quality service-learning programs that keep students engaged in schools by carrying out programs that provide specialized training to individuals in service-learning, and place the individuals (after such training) in positions as service-learning coordinators, to facilitate service-learning in programs eligible for funding under part I of division B;
    (vii) assisting students in being prepared for college-level work;
    (viii) involving family members of students in supporting teachers and students;
    (ix) conducting a preprofessional training program in which students enrolled in an institution of higher education—
    (I) receive training (which may include classes containing service-learning) in specified fields including early childhood education and care, elementary and secondary education, and other fields such as those relating to health services, criminal justice, environmental stewardship and conservation, or public safety;
    (II) perform service related to such training outside the classroom during the school term and during summer or other vacation periods; and
    (III) agree to provide service upon graduation to meet unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs related to such training;
    (x) assisting economically disadvantaged students in navigating the college admissions process;
    (xi) providing other activities, addressing unmet educational needs, that the Corporation may designate; or
    (xii) providing skilled musicians and artists to promote greater community unity through the use of music and arts education and engagement through work in low-income communities, and education, health care, and therapeutic settings, and other work in the public domain with citizens of all ages.
    (C) The indicators for a corps program described in this paragraph are—
    (i) student engagement, including student attendance and student behavior;
    (ii) student academic achievement;
    (iii) four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (as defined in section 7801 of title 20);
    (iv) rate of college enrollment and continued college enrollment for recipients of a high school diploma;
    (v) any additional indicator relating to improving education for students that the Corporation, in consultation (as appropriate) with the Secretary of Education, establishes; or
    (vi) any additional local indicator (applicable to a particular recipient and on which an improvement in performance is needed) relating to improving education for students, that is approved by the Corporation or a State Commission.
    (A) The recipient may carry out national service programs through a Healthy Futures Corps that identifies and meets unmet health needs within communities through activities such as those described in subparagraph (B) and improves performance on the indicators described in subparagraph (C).
    (B) A Healthy Futures Corps described in this paragraph may carry out activities such as—
    (i) assisting economically disadvantaged individuals in navigating the health services system;
    (ii) assisting individuals in obtaining access to health services, including oral health services, for themselves or their children;
    (iii) educating economically disadvantaged individuals and individuals who are members of medically underserved populations about, and engaging individuals described in this clause in, initiatives regarding navigating the health services system and regarding disease prevention and health promotion, with a particular focus on common health conditions, chronic diseases, and conditions, for which disease prevention and health promotion measures exist and for which socioeconomic, geographic, and racial and ethnic health disparities exist;
    (iv) improving the literacy of patients regarding health, including oral health;
    (v) providing translation services at clinics and in emergency rooms to improve health services;
    (vi) providing services designed to meet the health needs of rural communities, including the recruitment of youth to work in health professions in such communities;
    (vii) assisting in health promotion interventions that improve health status, and helping people adopt and maintain healthy lifestyles and habits to improve health status;
    (viii) addressing childhood obesity through in-school and after-school physical activities, and providing nutrition education to students, in elementary schools and secondary schools; or
    (ix) providing activities, addressing unmet health needs, that the Corporation may designate.
    (C) The indicators for a corps program described in this paragraph are—
    (i) access to health services among economically disadvantaged individuals and individuals who are members of medically underserved populations;
    (ii) access to health services for uninsured individuals, including such individuals who are economically disadvantaged children;
    (iii) participation, among economically disadvantaged individuals and individuals who are members of medically underserved populations, in disease prevention and health promotion initiatives, particularly those with a focus on addressing common health conditions, addressing chronic diseases, and decreasing health disparities;
    (iv) literacy of patients regarding health;
    (v) any additional indicator, relating to improving or protecting the health of economically disadvantaged individuals and individuals who are members of medically underserved populations, that the Corporation, in consultation (as appropriate) with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, establishes; or
    (vi) any additional local indicator (applicable to a particular recipient and on which an improvement in performance is needed) relating to improving or protecting the health of economically disadvantaged individuals and individuals who are members of medically underserved populations, that is approved by the Corporation or a State Commission.
    (A) The recipient may carry out national service projects through a Clean Energy Service Corps that identifies and meets unmet environmental needs within communities through activities such as those described in subparagraph (B) and improves performance on the indicators described in subparagraph (C).
    (B) A Clean Energy Service Corps described in this paragraph may carry out activities such as—
    (i) weatherizing and retrofitting housing units for low-income households to significantly improve the energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions of such housing units;
    (ii) building energy-efficient housing units in low-income communities;
    (iii) conducting energy audits for low-income households and recommending ways for the households to improve energy efficiency;
    (iv) providing clean energy-related services designed to meet the needs of rural communities;
    (v) working with schools and youth programs to educate students and youth about ways to reduce home energy use and improve the environment, including conducting service-learning projects to provide such education;
    (vi) assisting in the development of local recycling programs;
    (vii) renewing and rehabilitating national and State parks and forests, city parks, county parks and other public lands, and trails owned or maintained by the Federal Government or a State, including planting trees, carrying out reforestation, carrying out forest health restoration measures, carrying out erosion control measures, fire hazard reduction measures, and rehabilitation and maintenance of historic sites and structures throughout the national park system, and providing trail enhancements, rehabilitation, and repairs;
    (viii) cleaning and improving rivers maintained by the Federal Government or a State;
    (ix) carrying out projects in partnership with the National Park Service, designed to renew and rehabilitate national park resources and enhance services and learning opportunities for national park visitors, and nearby communities and schools;
    (x) providing service through a full-time, year-round youth corps program or full-time summer youth corps program, such as a conservation corps or youth service corps program that—
    (I) undertakes meaningful service projects with visible public benefits, including projects involving urban renewal, sustaining natural resources, or improving human services;
    (II) includes as participants youths and young adults who are age 16 through 25, including out-of-school youth and other disadvantaged youth (such as youth who are aging out of foster care, youth who have limited English proficiency, homeless youth, and youth who are individuals with disabilities), who are age 16 through 25; and
    (III) provides those participants who are youth and young adults with—
    (aa) team-based, highly structured, and adult-supervised work experience, life skills, education, career guidance and counseling, employment training, and support services including mentoring; and
    (bb) the opportunity to develop citizenship values and skills through service to their community and the United States;1
    (xi) carrying out other activities, addressing unmet environmental and workforce needs, that the Corporation may designate.
    (C) The indicators for a corps program described in this paragraph are—
    (i) the number of housing units of low-income households weatherized or retrofitted to significantly improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions;
    (ii) annual energy costs (to determine savings in those costs) at facilities where participants have provided service;
    (iii) the number of students and youth receiving education or training in energy-efficient and environmentally conscious practices;
    (I) the number of acres of national parks, State parks, city parks, county parks, or other public lands, that are cleaned or improved; and
    (II) the number of acres of forest preserves, or miles of trails or rivers, owned or maintained by the Federal Government or a State, that are cleaned or improved;
    (v) any additional indicator relating to clean energy, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, or education and skill attainment for clean energy jobs, that the Corporation, in consultation (as appropriate) with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of the Interior, or the Secretary of Labor, as appropriate, establishes; or
    (vi) any additional local indicator (applicable to a particular recipient and on which an improvement in performance is needed) relating to clean energy, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, or education or skill attainment for clean energy jobs, that is approved by the Corporation or a State Commission.
    (A) The recipient may carry out national service programs through a Veterans Corps that identifies and meets unmet needs of veterans and members of the Armed Forces who are on active duty through activities such as those described in subparagraph (B) and improves performance on the indicators described in subparagraph (C).
    (B) A Veterans Corps described in this paragraph may carry out activities such as—
    (i) promoting community-based efforts to meet the unique needs of military families while a family member is deployed and upon that family member’s return home;
    (ii) recruiting veterans, particularly returning veterans, into service opportunities, including opportunities that utilize their military experience;
    (iii) assisting veterans in developing their educational opportunities (including opportunities for professional certification, licensure, or credentials), coordinating activities with and assisting State and local agencies administering veterans education benefits, and coordinating activities with and assisting entities administering veterans programs with internships and fellowships that could lead to employment in the private and public sectors;
    (iv) promoting efforts within a community to serve the needs of veterans and members of the Armed Forces who are on active duty, including helping veterans file benefits claims and assisting Federal agencies in providing services to veterans, and sending care packages to Members of the Armed Forces who are deployed;
    (v) assisting veterans in developing mentoring relationships with economically disadvantaged students;
    (vi) developing projects to assist veterans with disabilities, veterans who are unemployed, older veterans, and veterans in rural communities, including assisting veterans described in this clause with transportation; or
    (vii) other activities, addressing unmet needs of veterans, that the Corporation may designate.
    (C) The indicators for a corps program described in this paragraph are—
    (i) the number of housing units created for veterans;
    (ii) the number of veterans who pursue educational opportunities;
    (iii) the number of veterans receiving professional certification, licensure, or credentials;
    (iv) the number of veterans engaged in service opportunities;
    (v) the number of military families assisted by organizations while a family member is deployed and upon that family member’s return home;
    (vi) the number of economically disadvantaged students engaged in mentoring relationships with veterans;
    (vii) the number of projects designed to meet identifiable public needs of veterans, especially veterans with disabilities, veterans who are unemployed, older veterans, and veterans in rural communities;
    (viii) any additional indicator that relates to education or skill attainment that assists in providing veterans with the skills to address identifiable public needs, or that relates to improving the lives of veterans, of members of the Armed Forces on active duty, and of families of the veterans and the members on active duty, and that the Corporation, in consultation (as appropriate) with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, establishes; or
    (ix) any additional local indicator (applicable to a particular recipient and on which an improvement in performance is needed) relating to the education or skill attainment, or the improvement, described in clause (viii), that is approved by the Corporation or a State Commission.
    (A) The recipient may carry out national service programs through an Opportunity Corps that identifies and meets unmet needs relating to economic opportunity for economically disadvantaged individuals within communities, through activities such as those described in subparagraph (B) and improves performance on the indicators described in subparagraph (C).
    (B) An Opportunity Corps described in this paragraph may carry out activities such as—
    (i) providing financial literacy education to economically disadvantaged individuals, including financial literacy education with regard to credit management, financial institutions including banks and credit unions, and utilization of savings plans;
    (ii) assisting in the construction, rehabilitation, or preservation of housing units, including energy efficient homes, for economically disadvantaged individuals;
    (iii) assisting economically disadvantaged individuals, including homeless individuals, in finding placement in and maintaining housing;
    (iv) assisting economically disadvantaged individuals in obtaining access to health services for themselves or their children;
    (v) assisting individuals in obtaining information about Federal, State, local, or private programs or benefits focused on assisting economically disadvantaged individuals, economically disadvantaged children, or low-income families;
    (vi) facilitating enrollment in and completion of job training for economically disadvantaged individuals;
    (vii) assisting economically disadvantaged individuals in obtaining access to job placement assistance;
    (viii) carrying out a program that seeks to eliminate hunger in low-income communities and rural areas through service in projects—
    (I) involving food banks, food pantries, and nonprofit organizations that provide food during emergencies;
    (II) seeking to address the long-term causes of hunger through education and the delivery of appropriate services;
    (III) providing training in basic health, nutrition, and life skills necessary to alleviate hunger in communities and rural areas; or
    (IV) assisting individuals in obtaining information about federally supported nutrition programs;
    (ix) addressing issues faced by homebound citizens, such as needs for food deliveries, legal and medical services, nutrition information, and transportation;
    (x) implementing an E–Corps program that involves participants who provide services in a community by developing and assisting in carrying out technology programs that seek to increase access to technology and the benefits of technology in such community; and
    (xi) carrying out other activities, addressing unmet needs relating to economic opportunity for economically disadvantaged individuals, that the Corporation may designate.
    (C) The indicators for a corps program described in this paragraph are—
    (i) the degree of financial literacy among economically disadvantaged individuals;
    (ii) the number of housing units built or improved for economically disadvantaged individuals or low-income families;
    (iii) the number of economically disadvantaged individuals with access to job training and other skill enhancement;
    (iv) the number of economically disadvantaged individuals with access to information about job placement services;
    (v) any additional indicator relating to improving economic opportunity for economically disadvantaged individuals that the Corporation, in consultation (as appropriate) with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and the Secretary of the Treasury, establishes; or
    (vi) any additional local indicator (applicable to a particular recipient and on which an improvement in performance is needed) that is approved by the Corporation or a State Commission.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12572(a)(1)(A)
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    (A) The recipient may carry out national service programs through an Education Corps that identifies and meets unmet educational needs within communities through activities such as those described in subparagraph (B) and improves performance on the indicators described in subparagraph (C).
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12572(a)(1)(B)
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    (B) An Education Corps described in this paragraph may carry out activities such as—
    (i) tutoring, or providing other academic support to elementary school and secondary school students;
    (ii) improving school climate;
    (iii) mentoring students, including adult or peer mentoring;
    (iv) linking needed integrated services and comprehensive supports with students, their families, and their public schools;
    (v) providing assistance to a school in expanding the school day by strengthening the quality of staff and expanding the academic programming offered in an expanded learning time initiative, a program of a 21st century community learning center (as defined in section 7171 of title 20), or a high-quality after-school program;
    (vi) assisting schools and local educational agencies in improving and expanding high-quality service-learning programs that keep students engaged in schools by carrying out programs that provide specialized training to individuals in service-learning, and place the individuals (after such training) in positions as service-learning coordinators, to facilitate service-learning in programs eligible for funding under part I of division B;
    (vii) assisting students in being prepared for college-level work;
    (viii) involving family members of students in supporting teachers and students;
    (ix) conducting a preprofessional training program in which students enrolled in an institution of higher education—
    (I) receive training (which may include classes containing service-learning) in specified fields including early childhood education and care, elementary and secondary education, and other fields such as those relating to health services, criminal justice, environmental stewardship and conservation, or public safety;
    (II) perform service related to such training outside the classroom during the school term and during summer or other vacation periods; and
    (III) agree to provide service upon graduation to meet unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs related to such training;
    (x) assisting economically disadvantaged students in navigating the college admissions process;
    (xi) providing other activities, addressing unmet educational needs, that the Corporation may designate; or
    (xii) providing skilled musicians and artists to promote greater community unity through the use of music and arts education and engagement through work in low-income communities, and education, health care, and therapeutic settings, and other work in the public domain with citizens of all ages.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12572(a)(1)(C)
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    (C) The indicators for a corps program described in this paragraph are—
    (i) student engagement, including student attendance and student behavior;
    (ii) student academic achievement;
    (iii) four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (as defined in section 7801 of title 20);
    (iv) rate of college enrollment and continued college enrollment for recipients of a high school diploma;
    (v) any additional indicator relating to improving education for students that the Corporation, in consultation (as appropriate) with the Secretary of Education, establishes; or
    (vi) any additional local indicator (applicable to a particular recipient and on which an improvement in performance is needed) relating to improving education for students, that is approved by the Corporation or a State Commission.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12572(a)(2)(A)
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    (A) The recipient may carry out national service programs through a Healthy Futures Corps that identifies and meets unmet health needs within communities through activities such as those described in subparagraph (B) and improves performance on the indicators described in subparagraph (C).
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12572(a)(2)(B)
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    (B) A Healthy Futures Corps described in this paragraph may carry out activities such as—
    (i) assisting economically disadvantaged individuals in navigating the health services system;
    (ii) assisting individuals in obtaining access to health services, including oral health services, for themselves or their children;
    (iii) educating economically disadvantaged individuals and individuals who are members of medically underserved populations about, and engaging individuals described in this clause in, initiatives regarding navigating the health services system and regarding disease prevention and health promotion, with a particular focus on common health conditions, chronic diseases, and conditions, for which disease prevention and health promotion measures exist and for which socioeconomic, geographic, and racial and ethnic health disparities exist;
    (iv) improving the literacy of patients regarding health, including oral health;
    (v) providing translation services at clinics and in emergency rooms to improve health services;
    (vi) providing services designed to meet the health needs of rural communities, including the recruitment of youth to work in health professions in such communities;
    (vii) assisting in health promotion interventions that improve health status, and helping people adopt and maintain healthy lifestyles and habits to improve health status;
    (viii) addressing childhood obesity through in-school and after-school physical activities, and providing nutrition education to students, in elementary schools and secondary schools; or
    (ix) providing activities, addressing unmet health needs, that the Corporation may designate.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12572(a)(2)(C)
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    (C) The indicators for a corps program described in this paragraph are—
    (i) access to health services among economically disadvantaged individuals and individuals who are members of medically underserved populations;
    (ii) access to health services for uninsured individuals, including such individuals who are economically disadvantaged children;
    (iii) participation, among economically disadvantaged individuals and individuals who are members of medically underserved populations, in disease prevention and health promotion initiatives, particularly those with a focus on addressing common health conditions, addressing chronic diseases, and decreasing health disparities;
    (iv) literacy of patients regarding health;
    (v) any additional indicator, relating to improving or protecting the health of economically disadvantaged individuals and individuals who are members of medically underserved populations, that the Corporation, in consultation (as appropriate) with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, establishes; or
    (vi) any additional local indicator (applicable to a particular recipient and on which an improvement in performance is needed) relating to improving or protecting the health of economically disadvantaged individuals and individuals who are members of medically underserved populations, that is approved by the Corporation or a State Commission.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12572(a)(3)(A)
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    (A) The recipient may carry out national service projects through a Clean Energy Service Corps that identifies and meets unmet environmental needs within communities through activities such as those described in subparagraph (B) and improves performance on the indicators described in subparagraph (C).
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12572(a)(3)(B)
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    (B) A Clean Energy Service Corps described in this paragraph may carry out activities such as—
    (i) weatherizing and retrofitting housing units for low-income households to significantly improve the energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions of such housing units;
    (ii) building energy-efficient housing units in low-income communities;
    (iii) conducting energy audits for low-income households and recommending ways for the households to improve energy efficiency;
    (iv) providing clean energy-related services designed to meet the needs of rural communities;
    (v) working with schools and youth programs to educate students and youth about ways to reduce home energy use and improve the environment, including conducting service-learning projects to provide such education;
    (vi) assisting in the development of local recycling programs;
    (vii) renewing and rehabilitating national and State parks and forests, city parks, county parks and other public lands, and trails owned or maintained by the Federal Government or a State, including planting trees, carrying out reforestation, carrying out forest health restoration measures, carrying out erosion control measures, fire hazard reduction measures, and rehabilitation and maintenance of historic sites and structures throughout the national park system, and providing trail enhancements, rehabilitation, and repairs;
    (viii) cleaning and improving rivers maintained by the Federal Government or a State;
    (ix) carrying out projects in partnership with the National Park Service, designed to renew and rehabilitate national park resources and enhance services and learning opportunities for national park visitors, and nearby communities and schools;
    (x) providing service through a full-time, year-round youth corps program or full-time summer youth corps program, such as a conservation corps or youth service corps program that—
    (I) undertakes meaningful service projects with visible public benefits, including projects involving urban renewal, sustaining natural resources, or improving human services;
    (II) includes as participants youths and young adults who are age 16 through 25, including out-of-school youth and other disadvantaged youth (such as youth who are aging out of foster care, youth who have limited English proficiency, homeless youth, and youth who are individuals with disabilities), who are age 16 through 25; and
    (III) provides those participants who are youth and young adults with—
    (aa) team-based, highly structured, and adult-supervised work experience, life skills, education, career guidance and counseling, employment training, and support services including mentoring; and
    (bb) the opportunity to develop citizenship values and skills through service to their community and the United States;1
    (xi) carrying out other activities, addressing unmet environmental and workforce needs, that the Corporation may designate.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12572(a)(3)(B)(x)
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    (x) providing service through a full-time, year-round youth corps program or full-time summer youth corps program, such as a conservation corps or youth service corps program that—
    (I) undertakes meaningful service projects with visible public benefits, including projects involving urban renewal, sustaining natural resources, or improving human services;
    (II) includes as participants youths and young adults who are age 16 through 25, including out-of-school youth and other disadvantaged youth (such as youth who are aging out of foster care, youth who have limited English proficiency, homeless youth, and youth who are individuals with disabilities), who are age 16 through 25; and
    (III) provides those participants who are youth and young adults with—
    (aa) team-based, highly structured, and adult-supervised work experience, life skills, education, career guidance and counseling, employment training, and support services including mentoring; and
    (bb) the opportunity to develop citizenship values and skills through service to their community and the United States;1
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12572(a)(3)(C)
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    (C) The indicators for a corps program described in this paragraph are—
    (i) the number of housing units of low-income households weatherized or retrofitted to significantly improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions;
    (ii) annual energy costs (to determine savings in those costs) at facilities where participants have provided service;
    (iii) the number of students and youth receiving education or training in energy-efficient and environmentally conscious practices;
    (I) the number of acres of national parks, State parks, city parks, county parks, or other public lands, that are cleaned or improved; and
    (II) the number of acres of forest preserves, or miles of trails or rivers, owned or maintained by the Federal Government or a State, that are cleaned or improved;
    (v) any additional indicator relating to clean energy, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, or education and skill attainment for clean energy jobs, that the Corporation, in consultation (as appropriate) with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of the Interior, or the Secretary of Labor, as appropriate, establishes; or
    (vi) any additional local indicator (applicable to a particular recipient and on which an improvement in performance is needed) relating to clean energy, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, or education or skill attainment for clean energy jobs, that is approved by the Corporation or a State Commission.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12572(a)(4)(A)
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    (A) The recipient may carry out national service programs through a Veterans Corps that identifies and meets unmet needs of veterans and members of the Armed Forces who are on active duty through activities such as those described in subparagraph (B) and improves performance on the indicators described in subparagraph (C).
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12572(a)(4)(B)
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    (B) A Veterans Corps described in this paragraph may carry out activities such as—
    (i) promoting community-based efforts to meet the unique needs of military families while a family member is deployed and upon that family member’s return home;
    (ii) recruiting veterans, particularly returning veterans, into service opportunities, including opportunities that utilize their military experience;
    (iii) assisting veterans in developing their educational opportunities (including opportunities for professional certification, licensure, or credentials), coordinating activities with and assisting State and local agencies administering veterans education benefits, and coordinating activities with and assisting entities administering veterans programs with internships and fellowships that could lead to employment in the private and public sectors;
    (iv) promoting efforts within a community to serve the needs of veterans and members of the Armed Forces who are on active duty, including helping veterans file benefits claims and assisting Federal agencies in providing services to veterans, and sending care packages to Members of the Armed Forces who are deployed;
    (v) assisting veterans in developing mentoring relationships with economically disadvantaged students;
    (vi) developing projects to assist veterans with disabilities, veterans who are unemployed, older veterans, and veterans in rural communities, including assisting veterans described in this clause with transportation; or
    (vii) other activities, addressing unmet needs of veterans, that the Corporation may designate.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12572(a)(4)(C)
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    (C) The indicators for a corps program described in this paragraph are—
    (i) the number of housing units created for veterans;
    (ii) the number of veterans who pursue educational opportunities;
    (iii) the number of veterans receiving professional certification, licensure, or credentials;
    (iv) the number of veterans engaged in service opportunities;
    (v) the number of military families assisted by organizations while a family member is deployed and upon that family member’s return home;
    (vi) the number of economically disadvantaged students engaged in mentoring relationships with veterans;
    (vii) the number of projects designed to meet identifiable public needs of veterans, especially veterans with disabilities, veterans who are unemployed, older veterans, and veterans in rural communities;
    (viii) any additional indicator that relates to education or skill attainment that assists in providing veterans with the skills to address identifiable public needs, or that relates to improving the lives of veterans, of members of the Armed Forces on active duty, and of families of the veterans and the members on active duty, and that the Corporation, in consultation (as appropriate) with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, establishes; or
    (ix) any additional local indicator (applicable to a particular recipient and on which an improvement in performance is needed) relating to the education or skill attainment, or the improvement, described in clause (viii), that is approved by the Corporation or a State Commission.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12572(a)(5)(A)
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    (A) The recipient may carry out national service programs through an Opportunity Corps that identifies and meets unmet needs relating to economic opportunity for economically disadvantaged individuals within communities, through activities such as those described in subparagraph (B) and improves performance on the indicators described in subparagraph (C).
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12572(a)(5)(B)
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    (B) An Opportunity Corps described in this paragraph may carry out activities such as—
    (i) providing financial literacy education to economically disadvantaged individuals, including financial literacy education with regard to credit management, financial institutions including banks and credit unions, and utilization of savings plans;
    (ii) assisting in the construction, rehabilitation, or preservation of housing units, including energy efficient homes, for economically disadvantaged individuals;
    (iii) assisting economically disadvantaged individuals, including homeless individuals, in finding placement in and maintaining housing;
    (iv) assisting economically disadvantaged individuals in obtaining access to health services for themselves or their children;
    (v) assisting individuals in obtaining information about Federal, State, local, or private programs or benefits focused on assisting economically disadvantaged individuals, economically disadvantaged children, or low-income families;
    (vi) facilitating enrollment in and completion of job training for economically disadvantaged individuals;
    (vii) assisting economically disadvantaged individuals in obtaining access to job placement assistance;
    (viii) carrying out a program that seeks to eliminate hunger in low-income communities and rural areas through service in projects—
    (I) involving food banks, food pantries, and nonprofit organizations that provide food during emergencies;
    (II) seeking to address the long-term causes of hunger through education and the delivery of appropriate services;
    (III) providing training in basic health, nutrition, and life skills necessary to alleviate hunger in communities and rural areas; or
    (IV) assisting individuals in obtaining information about federally supported nutrition programs;
    (ix) addressing issues faced by homebound citizens, such as needs for food deliveries, legal and medical services, nutrition information, and transportation;
    (x) implementing an E–Corps program that involves participants who provide services in a community by developing and assisting in carrying out technology programs that seek to increase access to technology and the benefits of technology in such community; and
    (xi) carrying out other activities, addressing unmet needs relating to economic opportunity for economically disadvantaged individuals, that the Corporation may designate.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12572(a)(5)(B)(x)
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    (x) implementing an E–Corps program that involves participants who provide services in a community by developing and assisting in carrying out technology programs that seek to increase access to technology and the benefits of technology in such community; and
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12572(a)(5)(C)
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    (C) The indicators for a corps program described in this paragraph are—
    (i) the degree of financial literacy among economically disadvantaged individuals;
    (ii) the number of housing units built or improved for economically disadvantaged individuals or low-income families;
    (iii) the number of economically disadvantaged individuals with access to job training and other skill enhancement;
    (iv) the number of economically disadvantaged individuals with access to information about job placement services;
    (v) any additional indicator relating to improving economic opportunity for economically disadvantaged individuals that the Corporation, in consultation (as appropriate) with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and the Secretary of the Treasury, establishes; or
    (vi) any additional local indicator (applicable to a particular recipient and on which an improvement in performance is needed) that is approved by the Corporation or a State Commission.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12572(c)(1)
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    (1) In addition to any activities described in subparagraph (B) of paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection (a), and subsection (b)(2), a recipient of a grant under section 12571(a) of this title and a Federal agency operating or supporting a national service program under section 12571(b) of this title may directly or through grants or subgrants to other entities carry out a national service corps program through the following program models:
    (A) A community corps program that meets unmet health, veteran, and other human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs and promotes greater community unity through the use of organized teams of participants of varied social and economic backgrounds, skill levels, physical and developmental capabilities, ages, ethnic backgrounds, or genders.
    (B) A service program that—
    (i) recruits individuals with special skills or provides specialized preservice training to enable participants to be placed individually or in teams in positions in which the participants can meet such unmet needs; and
    (ii) if consistent with the purposes of the program, brings participants together for additional training and other activities designed to foster civic responsibility, increase the skills of participants, and improve the quality of the service provided.
    (C) A campus-based program that is designed to provide substantial service in a community during the school term and during summer or other vacation periods through the use of—
    (i) students who are attending an institution of higher education, including students participating in a work-study program assisted under part C of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.);4
    (ii) teams composed of students described in clause (i); or
    (iii) teams composed of a combination of such students and community residents.
    (D) A professional corps program that recruits and places qualified participants in positions—
    (i) as teachers, nurses and other health care providers, police officers, early childhood development staff, engineers, or other professionals providing service to meet human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs in communities with an inadequate number of such professionals;
    (ii) for which the salary may exceed the maximum living allowance authorized in subsection (a)(2) of section 12594 of this title, as provided in subsection (c) of such section; and
    (iii) that are sponsored by public or private employers who agree to pay 100 percent of the salaries and benefits (other than any national service educational award under division D) of the participants.
    (E) A program that provides opportunities for veterans to participate in service projects.
    (F) A program carried out by an intermediary that builds the capacity of local nonprofit and faith-based organizations to expand and enhance services to meet local or national needs.
    (G) Such other program models as may be approved by the Corporation or a State Commission, as appropriate.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12572(c)(1)(A)
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    (A) A community corps program that meets unmet health, veteran, and other human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs and promotes greater community unity through the use of organized teams of participants of varied social and economic backgrounds, skill levels, physical and developmental capabilities, ages, ethnic backgrounds, or genders.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12572(c)(1)(D)
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    (D) A professional corps program that recruits and places qualified participants in positions—
    (i) as teachers, nurses and other health care providers, police officers, early childhood development staff, engineers, or other professionals providing service to meet human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs in communities with an inadequate number of such professionals;
    (ii) for which the salary may exceed the maximum living allowance authorized in subsection (a)(2) of section 12594 of this title, as provided in subsection (c) of such section; and
    (iii) that are sponsored by public or private employers who agree to pay 100 percent of the salaries and benefits (other than any national service educational award under division D) of the participants.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12572(c)(2)
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    (2) A recipient of financial assistance or approved national service positions for a corps program described in subsection (a) may use the assistance or positions to carry out the corps program, in whole or in part, using a program model described in this subsection. The corps program shall meet the applicable requirements of subsection (a) and this subsection.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12572(e)
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    (e) In awarding financial assistance and approved national service positions to eligible entities proposed to carry out the corps described in subsection (a)—
    (1) in the case of a corps described in subsection (a)(2)—
    (A) the Corporation may give priority to eligible entities that propose to provide support for participants who, after completing service under this section, will undertake careers to improve performance on health indicators described in subsection (a)(2)(C); and
    (B) the Corporation shall give priority to eligible entities that propose to carry out national service programs in medically underserved areas (as designated individually, by the Secretary of Health and Human Services as an area with a shortage of personal health services); and
    (2) in the case of a corps described in subsection (a)(3), the Corporation shall give priority to eligible entities that propose to recruit individuals for the Clean Energy Service Corps so that significant percentages of participants in the Corps are economically disadvantaged individuals, and provide to such individuals support services and education and training to develop skills needed for clean energy jobs for which there is current demand or projected future demand.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12572(e)(1)
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    (1) in the case of a corps described in subsection (a)(2)—
    (A) the Corporation may give priority to eligible entities that propose to provide support for participants who, after completing service under this section, will undertake careers to improve performance on health indicators described in subsection (a)(2)(C); and
    (B) the Corporation shall give priority to eligible entities that propose to carry out national service programs in medically underserved areas (as designated individually, by the Secretary of Health and Human Services as an area with a shortage of personal health services); and
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12572(e)(2)
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    (2) in the case of a corps described in subsection (a)(3), the Corporation shall give priority to eligible entities that propose to recruit individuals for the Clean Energy Service Corps so that significant percentages of participants in the Corps are economically disadvantaged individuals, and provide to such individuals support services and education and training to develop skills needed for clean energy jobs for which there is current demand or projected future demand.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12572(f)(1)(A)
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    (A) In order to concentrate national efforts on meeting human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs and to achieve the other purposes of this chapter, the Corporation, after reviewing the strategic plan approved under section 12651b(g)(1,)2 of this title shall establish, and may periodically alter, priorities regarding the types of national service programs and corps to be assisted under section 12581 of this title and the purposes for which such assistance may be used.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12572(g)
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    (g) The Corporation shall consult with the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of the Interior, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and the Secretary of the Treasury, as appropriate, in developing additional indicators for the corps and programs described in subsections (a) and (b).
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12572(k)(1)
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    (1) information describing how the Corporation allocated financial assistance and approved national service positions among eligible entities proposed to carry out corps and national service programs described in this section for that fiscal year;
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12572(k)(2)
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    (2) information describing the amount of financial assistance and the number of approved national service positions the Corporation provided to each corps and national service program described in this section for that fiscal year;
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12572(k)(3)
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    (3) a measure of the extent to which the corps and national service programs improved performance on the corresponding indicators; and
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12573(5)
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    (5) A position for a participant in the National Civilian Community Corps under division E.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12573(6)
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    (6) A position involving service as a crew leader in a youth corps program or a similar position supporting a national service program that receives an approved national service position.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12581(c)
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    (c) The Corporation shall ensure that each individual selected during a fiscal year for assignment as a VISTA volunteer under title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.) or as a participant in the National Civilian Community Corps Program under division E shall receive the national service educational award described in division D if the individual satisfies the eligibility requirements for the award. Funds for approved national service positions required by this paragraph for a fiscal year shall be deducted from the total funding for approved national service positions to be available for distribution under subsections (d) and (e) for that fiscal year.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12581(d)(4)(A)
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    (A) shall select 2 or more of the national service corps described in section 12572(a) of this title to receive grants under this subsection; and
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12585(d)(2)(C)
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    (C) professional corps programs described in section 12572(c)(1)(D) of this title.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12591(b)
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    (b) An individual shall be considered to be a participant in a youth corps program described in section 12572(a)(3)(B)(x) of this title that is carried out with assistance provided under section 12571(a) of this title if the individual—
    (1) satisfies the requirements specified in subsection (a), except paragraph (3) of such subsection; and
    (2) is between the ages of 16 and 25, inclusive, at the time the individual begins the term of service.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12592(e)(2)(A)
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    (A) in the Peace Corps;
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12594(c)
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    (c) A professional corps program described in section 12572(c)(1)(D) of this title that desires to provide a living allowance in excess of the maximum allowance authorized in subsection (a)(2) may still apply for such assistance, except that—
    (1) any assistance provided to the applicant under section 12571 of this title may not be used to pay for any portion of the allowance; and
    (2) the national service program shall be operated directly by the applicant and shall meet urgent, unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs, as determined by the Corporation.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12612(a)
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    (a) The Corporation may establish the National Civilian Community Corps Program to carry out the purpose of this division.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12612(b)
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    (b) Under the National Civilian Community Corps Program authorized by subsection (a), the members of a National Civilian Community Corps shall receive training and perform service in at least one of the following two program components:
    (1) A national service program.
    (2) A summer national service program.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12613(a)
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    (a) Under the national service program component of the National Civilian Community Corps Program authorized by section 12612(a) of this title, eligible young people shall work in teams on National Civilian Community Corps projects.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12613(d)
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    (d) Persons desiring to participate in the national service program shall enter into an agreement with the Director to participate in the Corps for a period of not less than nine months and not more than one year, as specified by the Director, and may renew the agreement for not more than one additional such period.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12614(a)
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    (a) Under the summer national service program of the National Civilian Community Corps Program authorized by section 12612(a) of this title, a diverse group of youth aged 14 through 18 years who are from urban or rural areas shall work in teams on National Civilian Community Corps projects.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12615(a)
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    (a) Upon the establishment of the National Civilian Community Corps Program, the National Civilian Community Corps shall be under the direction of the Director appointed pursuant to section 12619(c)(1) of this title.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12615(b)(1)
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    (1) Persons selected to participate in the national service program or the summer national service program components of the Program shall become members of the National Civilian Community Corps.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12615(b)(2)
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    (2) The Director or the Director’s designee shall select individuals for membership in the Corps.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12615(b)(3)
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    (3) To be selected to become a Corps member an individual shall submit an application to the Director or to any other office as the Director may designate, at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Director shall require. At a minimum, the application shall contain information about the work experience of the applicant and sufficient information to enable the Director, or the campus director of the appropriate campus, to determine whether selection of the applicant for membership in the Corps is appropriate.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12615(b)(4)(A)
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    (A) The Director may select individuals with prior supervisory or service experience to be team leaders within units in the National Civilian Community Corps, to perform service that includes leading and supervising teams of Corps members. Each team leader shall be selected without regard to the age limitation under section 12613(b) of this title.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12615(c)(1)
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    (1) The Corps shall be divided into permanent units. Each Corps member shall be assigned to a unit.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12615(d)(1)
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    (1) The units of the Corps shall be grouped together as appropriate in campuses for operational, support, and boarding purposes. The Corps campus for a unit shall be in a facility or central location established as the operational headquarters and boarding place for the unit. Corps members may be housed in the campuses.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12615(e)
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    (e) The Director shall ensure that the Corps units and campuses are cost effective and are distributed in urban areas and rural areas such that each Corps unit in a region can be easily deployed for disaster and emergency response to such region.
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    (A) transfer a member of the Corps in that campus to another unit or campus if the campus director determines that the retention of the member in the member’s unit or in the campus director’s campus will jeopardize the enforcement of the standards or diminish the opportunities of other Corps members in that unit or campus, as the case may be; or
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12615(f)(2)(B)
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    (B) dismiss a member of the Corps from the Corps if the campus director determines that retention of the member in the Corps will jeopardize the enforcement of the standards or diminish the opportunities of other Corps members.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12615(f)(3)
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    (3) Under procedures prescribed by the Director, a member of the Corps may appeal to the Director a determination of a campus director to transfer or dismiss the member. The Director shall provide for expeditious disposition of appeals under this paragraph.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12616(a)
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    (a) Each member of the National Civilian Community Corps shall be provided with between three and six weeks of training that includes a comprehensive service-learning curriculum designed to promote team building, discipline, leadership, work, training, citizenship, and physical conditioning. The Director shall ensure that, to the extent practicable, each member of the Corps is trained in CPR, first aid, and other skills related to disaster preparedness and response.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12616(b)(1)
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    (1) Members of the Corps participating in the national service program shall receive advanced training in basic, project-specific skills that the members will use in performing their community service projects, including a focus on energy conservation, environmental stewardship or conservation, infrastructure improvement, urban and rural development, or disaster preparedness needs, as appropriate.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12616(b)(2)
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    (2) Members of the Corps participating in the summer national service program shall not receive advanced training referred to in paragraph (1) but, to the extent practicable, may receive other training.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12616(c)(1)
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    (1) Members of the cadre appointed under section 12619(c)(2) of this title shall provide the training for the members of the Corps, including, as appropriate, advanced service training and ongoing training throughout the members’ periods of agreed service.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12617(a)
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    (a) The service projects carried out by the National Civilian Community Corps shall—
    (1) meet an identifiable public need, with specific emphasis on projects in support of infrastructure improvement, energy conservation, and urban and rural development;
    (2) emphasize the performance of community service activities that provide meaningful community benefits and opportunities for service-learning and skills development;
    (3) to the maximum extent practicable, encourage work to be accomplished in teams of diverse individuals working together; and
    (4) include continued education and training in various technical fields.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12617(b)(1)(A)
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    (A) Upon the establishment of the Program, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Chief of the Forest Service shall develop proposals for Corps projects pursuant to guidance which the Director shall prescribe.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12617(b)(1)(B)
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    (B) Other public and private organizations and agencies, including community-based entities and representatives of local communities in the vicinity of a Corps campus, may develop proposals for projects for a Corps campus. Corps members shall also be encouraged to identify projects for the Corps.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12617(c)(1)
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    (1) The campus director of a Corps campus shall select the projects to be performed by the members of the Corps assigned to the units in that campus. The campus director shall select projects from among the projects proposed or identified pursuant to subsection (b).
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12618(a)
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    (a) The Director shall provide for members of the National Civilian Community Corps to receive benefits authorized by this section.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12618(b)
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    (b) The Director shall provide a living allowance to members of the Corps for the period during which such members are engaged in training or any activity on a Corps project. The Director 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.1
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12618(c)
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    (c) While receiving training or engaging in service projects as members of the National Civilian Community Corps, members may be provided the following benefits, as the Director 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 to be consistent with the purposes of the Program.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12618(d)
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    (d) As the Director determines appropriate, the Director may provide each member of the Corps with health care services, child care services, counseling services, and other supportive services.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12618(e)
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    (e) Upon completion of the agreed period of service with the Corps, a member shall elect to receive the educational assistance under subsection (f) or the cash benefit under subsection (g).
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12618(f)
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    (f) A Corps member who successfully completes a period of agreed service in the Corps may receive the national service educational award described in division D if the Corps member—
    (1) serves in an approved national service position; and
    (2) satisfies the eligibility requirements specified in section 12602 of this title with respect to service in that approved national service position.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12618(g)
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    (g) If a Corps member who successfully completes a period of agreed service in the Corps is ineligible for the national service educational award described in division D, the Director may provide for the provision of a suitable alternative benefit for the Corps member.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12619(a)
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    (a) The Chief Executive Officer shall monitor and supervise the administration of the National Civilian Community Corps Program authorized to be established under section 12612 of this title. In carrying out this section, the Chief Executive Officer shall—
    (1) approve such guidelines, including those recommended by the Board, for the design, selection of members, and operation of the National Civilian Community Corps as the Chief Executive Officer considers appropriate;
    (2) evaluate the progress of the Corps in providing a basis for determining the matters set forth in section 12611 of this title; and
    (3) carry out any other activities determined appropriate by the Board.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12619(a)(1)
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    (1) approve such guidelines, including those recommended by the Board, for the design, selection of members, and operation of the National Civilian Community Corps as the Chief Executive Officer considers appropriate;
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12619(a)(2)
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    (2) evaluate the progress of the Corps in providing a basis for determining the matters set forth in section 12611 of this title; and
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12619(b)(1)
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    (1) monitor the overall operation of the National Civilian Community Corps;
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12619(b)(2)
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    (2) coordinate the activities of the Corps with other youth service programs administered by the Corporation; and
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12619(c)(1)(B)(i)
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    (i) design, develop, and administer the National Civilian Community Corps programs;
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12619(c)(1)(B)(ii)
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    (ii) be responsible for managing the daily operations of the Corps; and
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12619(c)(2)(A)
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    (A) The Chief Executive Officer shall establish a permanent cadre that includes the Director and other appointed supervisors and training instructors for National Civilian Community Corps programs.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12619(c)(2)(C)(ii)
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    (ii) give consideration to former VISTA, Peace Corps, and youth service program personnel;
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12619(c)(4)
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    (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director may accept the voluntary services of individuals. While away from their homes or regular places of business on the business of the Corps, such individuals may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same amounts and to the same extent, as authorized under section 5703 of title 5 for persons employed intermittently in Federal Government service.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12620(a)
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    (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, members of the National Civilian Community Corps shall not, by reason of their status as such members, be considered Federal employees or be subject to the provisions of law relating to Federal employment.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12620(b)(1)
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    (1) For purposes of subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5 relating to the compensation of Federal employees for work injuries, members of the Corps shall be considered as employees of the United States within the meaning of the term “employee”, as defined in section 8101 of such title.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12620(c)
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    (c) A member of the Corps shall be considered an employee of the United States for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28 relating to tort claims liability and procedure.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12621(a)
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    (a) The Director may, by contract or grant, provide for any public or private organization to carry out the National Civilian Community Corps program.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12621(b)(2)
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    (2) The Director may enter into contracts or agreements for the use of other equipment or facilities to the extent practicable to train and house members of the National Civilian Community Corps and leaders of Corps units.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12622(a)(1)
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    (1) Upon the establishment of the Program, the Secretary of Defense shall establish an office to provide for liaison between the Secretary and the National Civilian Community Corps.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12622(a)(2)
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    (2) The office shall provide assistance in the coordination of Department of Defense activities with the Corps.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12622(b)(1)
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    (1) Upon the establishment of the Program, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the liaison office established under subsection (a) shall develop a list of individuals from which individuals may be selected for appointment by the Director in the permanent cadre of Corps personnel. Such personnel shall be selected from among members and former members of the Armed Forces referred to in section 12611(3)1 of this title who are commissioned officers, noncommissioned officers, former commissioned officers, or former noncommissioned officers.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12622(c)
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    (c) Upon the establishment of the Program, the Secretary of Defense shall identify military installations and other facilities of the Department of Defense and, in consultation with the adjutant generals of the State National Guards, National Guard facilities that may be used, in whole or in part, by the National Civilian Community Corps for training or housing Corps members. The Secretary of Defense shall carry out this subsection in consultation with the liaison office established under subsection (a).
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12622(d)
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    (d) The Secretary of Defense may permit Armed Forces recruiters to inform potential applicants for the Corps regarding service in the Corps as an alternative to service in the Armed Forces.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12623(a)
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    (a) There shall be established a National Civilian Community Corps Advisory Board to advise the Director concerning the administration of this division and to assist the Corps in responding rapidly and efficiently in times of natural and other disasters. The Advisory Board members shall help coordinate activities with the Corps as appropriate, including the mobilization of volunteers and coordination of volunteer centers to help local communities recover from the effects of natural and other disasters.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12624
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    Pursuant to the provisions for evaluations conducted under section 12639 of this title, and in particular subsection (g) of such section, the Corporation shall conduct periodic evaluations of the National Civilian Community Corps Program authorized under this division. Upon completing each such evaluation, the Corporation shall transmit to the authorizing committees a report on the evaluation.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12639(g)(3)
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    (3) encouraging each participant to engage in public and community service after completion of the program based on career choices and service in other service programs such as the Volunteers in Service to America Program and National Senior Service Corps programs established under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.), the Peace Corps (as established by the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.)), the military, and part-time volunteer service;
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12651a(a)(3)
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    (3) The Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, the Director of the Peace Corps, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Chief Executive Officer shall serve as ex officio nonvoting members of the Board.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12651d(b)(11)(B)
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    (B) the number, potential consolidation, and future organization of national service or domestic volunteer service programs that are authorized under Federal law, including VISTA, service corps assisted under division C and other programs authorized by this chapter, programs administered by the Public Health Service, the Department of Defense, or other Federal agencies, programs regarding teacher corps, and programs regarding work-study and higher education loan forgiveness or forbearance programs authorized by the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) related to community service;
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12651d(b)(17)
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    (17) identify and implement recruitment strategies and training programs for bilingual volunteers in the National Senior Service Corps under title II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 [42 U.S.C. 5000 et seq.];
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12651d(b)(22)
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    (22) coordinate with entities receiving funds under division C in establishing the National Service Reserve Corps under section 12653h of this title, through which alumni of the national service programs and veterans can serve in disasters and emergencies (as such terms are defined in section 12653h(a) of this title);2
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12651k(a)(3)
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    (3) the impact of the strategies described in paragraph (2) and the Veterans Corps on enabling greater participation by veterans in the national service programs carried out under the national service laws;
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12653h(a)(1)
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    (1) the term “National Service Reserve Corps member” means an individual who—
    (A) has completed a term of national service or is a veteran;
    (B) has successfully completed training described in subsection (c) within the previous 2 years;
    (C) completes not less than 10 hours of volunteering each year (which may include the training session described in subparagraph (B)); and
    (D) has indicated interest to the Corporation in responding to disasters and emergencies in a timely manner through the National Service Reserve Corps; and
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12653h(a)(1)(D)
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    (D) has indicated interest to the Corporation in responding to disasters and emergencies in a timely manner through the National Service Reserve Corps; and
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12653h(b)(1)
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    (1) In consultation with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Corporation shall establish a National Service Reserve Corps to prepare and deploy National Service Reserve Corps members to respond to disasters and emergencies in support of national service programs and other requesting programs and agencies.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12653h(c)
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    (c) The Corporation shall conduct or coordinate annual training sessions, consistent with the training requirements of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, for individuals who have completed a term of national service or are veterans, and who wish to join the National Service Reserve Corps.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12653h(f)(1)
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    (1) If a major disaster or emergency is declared by the President pursuant to section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Assistance Act1 (42 U.S.C. 5122), the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, in consultation with the Corporation, may task the National Service Reserve Corps to assist in response.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12653h(f)(2)
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    (2) For a disaster or emergency that is not declared a major disaster or emergency under section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Assistance Act1 (42 U.S.C. 5122), the Corporation may directly, or through a grant or contract, deploy the National Service Reserve Corps.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12653h(f)(5)(A)
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    (A) The Corporation, the State Commissions, and entities receiving financial assistance for programs under division C of this subchapter,1 or under part A of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.), shall inform participants about the National Service Reserve Corps upon the participants’ completion of their term of national service.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12653h(f)(5)(B)
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    (B) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall inform veterans who are recently discharged, released, or separated from the Armed Forces about the National Service Reserve Corps.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12653h(f)(6)(B)
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    (B) consult and, as appropriate, partner with Citizen Corps programs and other local disaster agencies, including State and local emergency management agencies, voluntary organizations active in disaster, State Commissions, and similar organizations, in the affected area.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12655
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    The Corporation may make grants to States or local applicants and may transfer funds to the Secretary of Agriculture or to the Secretary of the Interior for the creation or expansion of full-time, part-time, year-round, or summer, youth corps programs1 To the extent practicable, the Corporation shall apply the provisions of division C in making grants under this section.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12655b(b)(1)
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    (1) any youth corps program proposed to be conducted directly by such applicant with assistance provided under this division; and
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12655c(a)(1)
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    (1) in the case of conservation corps programs, focus on—
    (A) conservation, rehabilitation, and the improvement of wildlife habitat, rangelands, parks, and recreational areas;
    (B) urban and rural revitalization, historical and cultural site preservation, and reforestation of both urban and rural areas;
    (C) fish culture, wildlife habitat maintenance and improvement, and other fishery assistance;
    (D) road and trail maintenance and improvement;
    (E) erosion, flood, drought, and storm damage assistance and controls;
    (F) stream, lake, waterfront harbor, and port improvement;
    (G) wetlands protection and pollution control;
    (H) insect, disease, rodent, and fire prevention and control;
    (I) the improvement of abandoned railroad beds and rights-of-way;
    (J) energy conservation projects, renewable resource enhancement, and recovery of biomass;
    (K) reclamation and improvement of strip-mined land;
    (L) forestry, nursery, and cultural operations; and
    (M) making public facilities accessible to individuals with disabilities.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12655c(a)(2)
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    (2) in the case of youth service corps programs, include participant service in—
    (A) State, local, and regional governmental agencies;
    (B) nursing homes, hospices, senior centers, hospitals, local libraries, parks, recreational facilities, child and adult day care centers, programs serving individuals with disabilities, and schools;
    (C) law enforcement agencies,1 and penal and probation systems;
    (D) private nonprofit organizations that primarily focus on social service such as community action agencies;
    (E) activities that focus on the rehabilitation or improvement of public facilities, neighborhood improvements, literacy training that benefits educationally disadvantaged individuals, weatherization of and basic repairs to low-income housing including housing occupied by older adults, energy conservation (including solar energy techniques), removal of architectural barriers to access by individuals with disabilities to public facilities, activities that focus on drug and alcohol abuse education, prevention and treatment, and conservation, maintenance, or restoration of natural resources on publicly held lands; and
    (F) any other nonpartisan civic activities and services that the Corporation determines to be of a substantial social benefit in meeting unmet human, educational, or environmental needs (particularly needs related to poverty) or in the community where volunteer service is to be performed; or
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12655i(c)
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    (c) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(1), program agencies may enroll a limited number of special corps members over age 25 so that the corps may draw on their special skills to fulfill the purposes of this chapter. Programs are encouraged to consider senior citizens as special corps members.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12655l(a)(1)
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    (1) Subject to paragraph (3), each participant in a full-time youth corps program that receives assistance under this division shall receive a living allowance in an amount equal to or greater than the average annual subsistence allowance provided to VISTA volunteers under section 4955 of this title.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12655l(a)(3)
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    (3) The total amount of an annual living allowance that may be provided to a participant in a full-time youth corps program that receives assistance under this division shall not exceed 200 percent of the average annual subsistence allowance provided to VISTA volunteers under section 4955 of this title.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12655l(b)(2)
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    (2) For purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 [29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.], residential youth corps programs under this division will be considered an organized camp.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12655l(c)
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    (c) In addition to the living allowance provided under subsection (a), program agencies are encouraged to provide health insurance to each participant in a full-time youth corps program who does not otherwise have access to health insurance.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12655n(b)(3)
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    (3) For purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, relating to tort claims procedure, a participant or crew leaders assigned to a youth corps program for which a grant has been made to the Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of the Interior, or the Director of ACTION, shall be considered an employee of the United States within the meaning of the term “employee of the government” as defined in section 2671 of such title.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12656(a)(1)
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    (1) The rehabilitation, reclamation, and beautification of urban public housing, recreational sites, youth and senior centers, and public roads and public works facilities through the efforts of young people in the United States in an Urban Youth Corps can benefit these youths, while also benefiting their communities, by—
    (A) providing them with education and work opportunities;
    (B) furthering their understanding and appreciation of the challenges faced by individuals residing in urban communities; and
    (C) providing them with a means to pay for higher education or to repay indebtedness they have incurred to obtain higher education.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12656(a)(4)
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    (4) Urban youth corps have established a good record of rehabilitating, reclaiming, and beautifying these kinds of resources in a cost-efficient manner, especially when they have worked in partnership with government housing, public works, and transportation authorities and agencies.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12656(b)(4)
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    (4) to expand educational opportunity for individuals who participate in the Urban Youth Corps established by this section by providing them with an increased ability to pursue postsecondary education or job training; and
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12656(c)(2)
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    (2) The term “Corps” and “Urban Youth Corps” mean the Urban Youth Corps established under subsection (d)(1).
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12656(c)(3)
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    (3) The term “qualified urban youth corps” means any program established by a State or local government or by a nonprofit organization that—
    (A) is capable of offering meaningful, full-time, productive work for individuals between the ages of 16 and 25, inclusive, in an urban or public works or transportation setting;
    (B) gives participants a mix of work experience, basic and life skills, education, training, and support services; and
    (C) provides participants with the opportunity to develop citizenship values and skills through service to their communities and the United States.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12656(d)(1)
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    (1) There is hereby established in the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Transportation an Urban Youth Corps. The Corps shall consist of individuals between the ages of 16 and 25, inclusive, who are enrolled as participants in the Corps by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Transportation. To be eligible for enrollment in the Corps, an individual shall satisfy the criteria specified in section 139(b) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 [42 U.S.C. 12593(b)]. The Secretaries may enroll such individuals in the Corps without regard to the civil service and classification laws, rules, or regulations of the United States. The Secretaries may establish a preference for the enrollment in the Corps of individuals who are economically, physically, or educationally disadvantaged.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12656(d)(2)
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    (2) The Secretaries are authorized to enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with any qualified urban youth corps to perform appropriate service projects described in paragraph (3). As part of the Urban Youth Corps established in the Department of Transportation, the Secretary of Transportation may make grants to States (and through States to local governments) for the purpose of establishing, operating, or supporting qualified urban youth corps that will perform appropriate service projects relating to transportation resources or facilities.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12656(d)(3)
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    (3) The Secretaries may each utilize the Corps or any qualified urban youth corps to carry out appropriate service projects that the Secretary involved is authorized to carry out under other authority of law involving public housing projects or public works resources or facilities.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12656(e)
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    (e) The Secretaries shall provide each participant in the Urban Youth Corps with a living allowance in an amount not to exceed the maximum living allowance authorized by section 140(a)(3)1 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 for participants in a national service program assisted under subtitle C of title I of such Act [42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.].
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12656(f)
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    (f) Each participant in the Urban Youth Corps shall agree to participate in the Corps for a term of service established by the Secretary involved, consistent with the terms of service required under section 139(b) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 [42 U.S.C. 12593(b)] for participants in a national service program assisted under subtitle C of title I of such Act [42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.].
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12656(g)(1)
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    (1) Each participant in the Urban Youth Corps shall be eligible for a national service educational award in the manner prescribed in subtitle D of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 [42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.] if such participant complies with such requirements as may be established under this subtitle by the Secretary involved respecting eligibility for the award. The period during which the award may be used, the purposes for which the award may be used, and the amount of the award shall be determined as provided under such subtitle.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12656(g)(2)
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    (2) For purposes of section 1078 of title 20, in the case of borrowers who are participants in the Urban Youth Corps, upon written request, a lender shall grant a borrower forbearance on such terms as are otherwise consistent with the regulations of the Secretary of Education, during periods in which the borrower is serving as such a participant and eligible for a national service educational award under paragraph (1).
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12656(h)
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    (h) The nondisplacement requirements of section 177 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 [42 U.S.C. 12637] shall be applicable to all activities carried out by the Urban Youth Corps and to all activities carried out under this section by a qualified urban youth corps.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12656(i)(1)
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    (1) The Secretaries are each authorized to pay not more than 75 percent of the costs of any appropriate service project carried out pursuant to this section by a qualified urban youth corps. The remaining 25 percent of the costs of such a project may be provided from nonfederal sources in the form of funds, services, facilities, materials, equipment, or any combination of the foregoing.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12656(i)(2)
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    (2) The Secretaries are each authorized to accept donations of funds, services, facilities, materials, or equipment for the purposes of operating the Urban Youth Corps and carrying out appropriate service projects by the Corps. However, nothing in this section shall be construed to require any cost sharing for any project carried out directly by the Corps.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12656(i)(3)
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    (3) In order to carry out the Urban Youth Corps or to support qualified urban youth corps under this section, the Secretaries shall be eligible to apply for and receive assistance under section 121(b) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 [42 U.S.C. 12571(b)].
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12657(b)(9)
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    (9) providing training and technical assistance for the National Senior Service Corps, including providing such training and technical assistance to programs receiving assistance under section 5001 of this title; and
  • 42 U.S.C. § 12681(a)(3)(A)
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    (A) There are authorized to be appropriated to operate the National Civilian Community Corps and provide financial assistance under division E of subchapter I, such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014.

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