---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch66/schI/ptA"
level: "part"
label: "Part A"
heading: "Volunteers in Service to America"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch66-schI-ptA"
sections_count: 10
---

# Part A — Volunteers in Service to America

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 66 — Domestic Volunteer Services › Subchapter I — National Volunteer Antipoverty Programs

## Sections

- [§4951. Congressional statement of purpose](/usc/42/4951.md)
- [§4952. Authority to operate VISTA program](/usc/42/4952.md)
- [§4953. Selection and assignment of volunteers](/usc/42/4953.md)
- [§4954. Terms and periods of service](/usc/42/4954.md)
- [§4955. Support services](/usc/42/4955.md)
- [§4956. Participation of program beneficiaries](/usc/42/4956.md)
- [§4957. Participation of younger and older persons](/usc/42/4957.md)
- [§4958. Limitation on funds appropriated for grants and contracts for direct cost of supporting volunteers in programs or projects](/usc/42/4958.md)
- [§4959. Repealed.](/usc/42/4959.md)
- [§4960. Applications for assistance](/usc/42/4960.md)