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42 U.S.C. § 5027 — Programs of national significance
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**(a) Program grants for national problems of local concern; minimum amounts available; scope; implementation**
(1) With not less than one-third of the funds made available under subsection (d) in each fiscal year, the Director shall make grants under the programs authorized in parts A, B, and C to support programs that address national problems of local concern.
(2) An applicant for a grant under paragraph (1) shall determine whether the program to be supported by the grant is a program under part A, B, or C, and shall submit an application as required for such program.
(3) Each program for which a grant is received under this subsection shall be carried out in accordance with the requirements applicable to the program under part A, B, or C under which the program supported by such grant is to be carried out.
(4) To the maximum extent practicable, the Director shall ensure that not less than 25 percent of the funds appropriated under this section are used to award grants—
(A) to applicants for grants under this section that are not receiving assistance from the Corporation at the time of such grant award; or
(B) to applicants from locations where no programs supported under part A, B, or C are in effect at the time of such grant award.
(5) Notwithstanding paragraph (4), if, for a fiscal year, less than 25 percent of the applicants for grants under this section are applicants described in paragraph (4), the Director may use an amount that is greater than 75 percent of the funds appropriated under this subsection to award grants to applicants that are already receiving assistance from the Corporation at the time of such grant award.
**(b) Program grants for problems concerning Nation** The Director shall make grants under subsection (a) to support one or more
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**(a) Program grants for national problems of local concern; minimum amounts available; scope; implementation**
(1) With not less than one-third of the funds made available under subsection (d) in each fiscal year, the Director shall make grants under the programs authorized in parts A, B, and C to support programs that address national problems of local concern.
(2) An applicant for a grant under paragraph (1) shall determine whether the program to be supported by the grant is a program under part A, B, or C, and shall submit an application as required for such program.
(3) Each program for which a grant is received under this subsection shall be carried out in accordance with the requirements applicable to the program under part A, B, or C under which the program supported by such grant is to be carried out.
(4) To the maximum extent practicable, the Director shall ensure that not less than 25 percent of the funds appropriated under this section are used to award grants—
(A) to applicants for grants under this section that are not receiving assistance from the Corporation at the time of such grant award; or
(B) to applicants from locations where no programs supported under part A, B, or C are in effect at the time of such grant award.
(5) Notwithstanding paragraph (4), if, for a fiscal year, less than 25 percent of the applicants for grants under this section are applicants described in paragraph (4), the Director may use an amount that is greater than 75 percent of the funds appropriated under this subsection to award grants to applicants that are already receiving assistance from the Corporation at the time of such grant award.
**(b) Program grants for problems concerning Nation** The Director shall make grants under subsection (a) to support one or more of the following programs to address problems that concern the Nation:
(1) Programs that assist individuals with chronic and debilitating illnesses, such as acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
(2) Programs designed to decrease drug and alcohol abuse through education, prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation.
(3) Programs that work with teenage parents.
(4) Programs that establish and support mentoring programs for low-income youth, including mentoring programs that match such youth with mentors and match such youth with employment and training programs, including apprenticeship programs.
(5) Programs that provide adult and school-based literacy assistance, including literacy programs that serve youth, and adults, with limited English proficiency.
(6) Programs that provide respite care, including care for elderly individuals and for children and individuals with disabilities or chronic illnesses who are living at home.
(7) Programs that provide before-school and after-school activities, serving children in low-income communities, that may engage participants in mentoring relationships, tutoring, life skills, and study skills programs, service-learning, physical, nutrition, and health education programs, and other activities addressing the needs of the children in the communities, including children of working parents.
(8) Programs that serve children who are enrolled in child care programs, giving priority to such programs that serve children with special needs.
(9) Programs that provide care to developmentally disabled adults who reside at home and in community-based settings, including programs that, when appropriate, involve older developmentally disabled individuals as volunteers under this subchapter.
(10) Programs that provide volunteer tutors to assist students, on a one-to-one basis, to improve the academic achievement of such students.
(11) Programs that engage older individuals with children and youth to complete service in energy conservation, environmental stewardship, or other environmental needs of a community, including service relating to conducting energy audits, insulating homes, or conducting other activities to promote energy efficiency.
(12) Programs that reach out to organizations (such as labor unions and profitmaking organizations) not previously involved in addressing national problems of local concern.
(13) Programs that provide for outreach to increase participation of members of ethnic groups who have limited English proficiency.
(14) Programs in which the grant recipients involved collaborate with criminal justice professionals and organizations in order to provide prevention programs that serve low-income youth or youth reentering society after incarceration and their families, which prevention programs may include mentoring, counseling, or employment counseling.
(15) Programs that support the community integration of individuals with disabilities.
(16) Programs that provide health, education, and welfare services that augment the activities of State and local agencies, to be carried out in a fiscal year for which the aggregate amount of funds available to such agencies is not less than the annual average aggregate amount of funds available to such agencies for the period of 3 fiscal years preceding such fiscal year.
**(c) Eligibility of applicant; supplemental nature of funds available**
(1) In order for an applicant to be eligible to receive a grant under subsection (a), such applicant shall demonstrate to the Director that such grant will be used to increase the total number of volunteers supported by such applicant and that such applicant has expertise applicable to implementing the proposed program for which the applicant is requesting the grant.
(2) Funds made available under subsection (d) shall be used to supplement and not supplant the number of volunteers engaged in activities under parts A, B, and C (without regard to this section) addressing the problem for which such funds are awarded unless such sums are an extension of funds previously provided under this section.
**(d) Amount of funds available for grants**
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), from the amounts appropriated under subsection (a), (b), (c), or (d) of [section 5082 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section5082&num=0&edition=prelim), for each fiscal year there shall be available to the Director such sums as may be necessary to make grants under subsection (a).
(2) No funds shall be available to the Director to make grants under subsection (a) for a fiscal year unless the amounts appropriated under subsections (a), (b), and (c) of [section 5082 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section5082&num=0&edition=prelim) and available for such fiscal year to carry out parts A, B, and C (without regard to this section) are sufficient to maintain the number of projects and volunteers funded under parts A, B, and C, respectively, in the preceding fiscal year.
**(e) Dissemination of information respecting grants** The Director shall widely disseminate information on grants that may be made under subsection (a) to field personnel of the Corporation and to community volunteer organizations that request such information.
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**(a)** The total service of an employee or Member is the full years and twelfth parts thereof, excluding from the aggregate the fractional part of a month, if any.
**(b)** The service of an employee shall be credited from the date of original employment to the date of separation on which title to annuity is based in the civilian service of the Government. Except as provided in paragraph (13) 11 So in original. Probably should be paragraph “(14)”. of this subsection, credit may not be allowed for a period of separation from the service in excess of 3 calendar days. The service includes—
(1) employment as a substitute in the postal field service;
(2) service in the Pan American Sanitary Bureau;
(3) subject to sections 8334(c) and 8339(i) of this title, service performed before July 10, 1960, as an employee of a county committee established under [section 590h(b) of title 16](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section590h/b&num=0&edition=prelim) or of a committee or an association of producers described by [section 610(b) of title 7](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section610/b&num=0&edition=prelim);
(4) service as a student-employee as defined by [section 5351 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5351&num=0&edition=prelim) only if he later becomes subject to this subchapter;
(5) a period of satisfactory service of a volunteer or volunteer leader under chapter 34 of title 22 only if he later becomes subject to this subchapter;
(6) employment under [section 709 of title 32](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title32-section709&num=0&edition=prelim) or any prior corresponding provision of law;
(7) a period of service of
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### Statutory Notes
Section 5091, Pub. L. 93–113, title VII, § 701, as added Pub. L. 101–610, title II, § 211, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3172, set forth purpose of this subchapter.
Section 5091a, Pub. L. 93–113, title VII, § 702, as added Pub. L. 101–610, title II, § 211, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3173, authorized Federal grants for Youthbuild projects.
Section 5091b, Pub. L. 93–113, title VII, § 703, as added Pub. L. 101–610, title II, § 211, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3173, related to service in construction and rehabilitation projects.
Section 5091c, Pub. L. 93–113, title VII, § 704, as added Pub. L. 101–610, title II, § 211, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3174, related to education and job training services.
Section 5091d, Pub. L. 93–113, title VII, § 705, as added Pub. L. 101–610, title II, § 211, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3174, set forth permitted uses of funds provided under this subchapter.
Section 5091e, Pub. L. 93–113, title VII, § 706, as added Pub. L. 101–610, title II, § 211, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3175, set forth eligibility requirements for participants.
Section 5091f, Pub. L. 93–113, title VII, § 707, as added Pub. L. 101–610, title II, § 211, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3175, provided living allowance for full-time program participants.
Section 5091g, Pub. L. 93–113, title VII, § 708, as added Pub. L. 101–610, title II, § 211, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3176, directed that services and activities be carried out through arrangements or under contracts with certain entities.
Section 5091h, Pub. L. 93–113, title VII, § 709, as added Pub. L. 101–610, title II, § 211, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3176, directed prescribing of standards for evaluating performance of projects.
Section 5091i, Pub. L. 93–113, title VII, § 710, as added Pub. L. 101–610, title II, § 211,
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**(a)** Because of the long-standing importance of volunteerism throughout American history, it is the policy of the Congress to foster the tradition of volunteerism through greater involvement on the part of individuals of all ages and backgrounds.
**(b)** The purpose of this chapter is to foster and expand voluntary citizen service in communities throughout the Nation in activities designed to help the poor, the disadvantaged, the vulnerable, and the elderly. In carrying out this purpose, the Corporation for National and Community Service shall utilize to the fullest extent the programs authorized under this chapter, coordinate with other Federal, State, and local agencies, expand relationships with, and support for, the efforts of civic, community, and educational organizations, and utilize the energy, innovative spirit, experience, and skills of all Americans.
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**(a) Authorizations**
(1) **Volunteers in Service to America** — There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out part A of subchapter I $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 2014.
(2) **Special volunteer programs** — There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out part C of subchapter I such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014.
(3) **Specification of budget function** — The authorizations of appropriations contained in this subsection shall be considered to be a component of budget function 500 as used by the Office of Management and Budget to cover education, training, employment, and social services, and, as such, shall be considered to be related to the programs of the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education for budgetary purposes.
**(b) Subsistence** The minimum level of an allowance for subsistence required under [section 4955(b)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section4955/b/2&num=0&edition=prelim), to be provided to each volunteer under subchapter I, may not be reduced or limited in order to provide for an increase in the number of volunteer service years under part A of subchapter I.
**(c) Limitation** No part of the funds appropriated to carry out part A of subchapter I may be used to provide volunteers or assistance to any program or project authorized under part C of subchapter I, or under subchapter II, unless the program or project meets the antipoverty criteria of part A of subchapter I.
**(d) Availability** Amounts appropriated for part A of subchapter I shall remain available for obligation until the end of the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which t
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 5027a
Amendment by section 405(a)(6) of Pub. L. 103–82 ef-
fective Apr. 4, 1994, see section 406(b) of Pub. L. 103–82,
set out as a note under section 8332 of Title 5, Govern-
ment Organization and Employees.
§ 5026. Adjustments to Federal financial assist-
ance
(a)(1) In determining the amount of Federal fi-
nancial assistance to be provided under this sub-
chapter to applicants, the Director shall con-
sider the impact of changes in the Consumer
Price Index For All Urban Consumers published
by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Depart-
ment of Labor on the administrative costs of op-
erating the projects for which such assistance
will be provided.
(2) The Director shall, to the fullest extent
practicable, make appropriate adjustments in
the amount referred to in paragraph (1) to en-
sure
the
effective
administration
of
such
projects.
(b) The Director shall take reasonable actions
to inform applicants for such assistance that
such adjustments may be available.
(Pub. L. 93–113, title II, § 226, as added Pub. L.
101–204, title V, § 506, Dec. 7, 1989, 103 Stat. 1818;
amended Pub. L. 103–82, title III, § 350, Sept. 21,
1993, 107 Stat. 906; Pub. L. 104–66, title II, § 2011,
Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 726.)
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AMENDMENTS
1995—Pub. L. 104–66 in subsec. (a), redesignated par.
(1)(A) as (1), redesignated par. (1)(B) as (2) and sub-
stituted ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ for ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’ after
‘‘referred to in’’, redesignated former par. (2) as subsec.
(b), and struck out former subsec. (b) which read as fol-
lows: ‘‘The Director shall submit, once every 2 years, to
the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Labor and
Human Resources of the
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