---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 12651h"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "12651h"
heading: "Corporation State offices"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/12651h"
units:
  - "Chapter 129 — National and Community Service"
  - "Subchapter I — National and Community Service State Grant Program"
  - "Division G — Corporation for National and Community Service"
---

# §12651h. Corporation State offices

- (a) **In general—** The Chief Executive Officer shall establish and maintain a decentralized field structure that provides for an office of the [Corporation](/usc/42/2297h.md?p=2) for each [State](/usc/42/12522.md?p=1). The office for a [State](/usc/42/12522.md?p=1) shall be located in, or in reasonable proximity to, such [State](/usc/42/12522.md?p=1). Only one such office may carry out the duties described in [subsection (b)](#b) with respect to a [State](/usc/42/12522.md?p=1) at any particular time. Such [State](/usc/42/12522.md?p=1) office may be directed by the representative designated under [section 12651f(c) of this title](/usc/42/12651f.md?p=c).
- (b) **Duties—** Each [State](/usc/42/12522.md?p=1) office established pursuant to [subsection (a)](#a) shall—
  - (1) provide to the [State](/usc/42/12522.md?p=1) Commissions established under [section 12638 of this title](/usc/42/12638.md) technical and other assistance for the development and implementation of national service plans under [section 12638(e)(1) of this title](/usc/42/12638.md?p=e-1);
  - (2) provide to community-based [agencies](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) and other entities within the [State](/usc/42/12522.md?p=1) technical assistance for the preparation of applications for assistance under the national service laws, utilizing, as appropriate, information and materials provided by the clearinghouses established pursuant to [section 12653a](/usc/42/12653a.md)[^1] of this title;
  - (3) provide to the [State](/usc/42/12522.md?p=1) Commission and other entities within the [State](/usc/42/12522.md?p=1) support and technical assistance necessary to assure the existence of an effective system of recruitment, placement, and training of volunteers within the [State](/usc/42/12522.md?p=1);
  - (4) monitor and evaluate the performance of all [programs](/usc/42/12626.md?p=8) and [projects](/usc/42/13641.md?p=2) within the [State](/usc/42/12522.md?p=1) that receive assistance under the national service laws; and
  - (5) perform such other duties and functions as may be assigned or delegated by the Chief Executive Officer.

## Footnotes

[^1]: See References in Text note below.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 101–610, title I, § 196A, as added Pub. L. 103–82, title II, § 202(a), Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 887.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 12653a of this title, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), was in the original “section 198A”, meaning section 198A of Pub. L. 101–610, as added by section 104(c) of Pub. L. 103–82, which was repealed, and section 198B was redesignated section 198A, by Pub. L. 111–13, title I, § 1803(a)(1), (b), Apr. 21, 2009, 123 Stat. 1554. Provisions similar to section 12653a are now contained in section 12653o of this title.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1993, see section 202(i) of Pub. L. 103–82, set out as a note under section 12651 of this title.