Part D - General Provisions

42 USC 5021 - Promotion of National Senior Volunteer Corps

(a) 
(1) In carrying out this subchapter, the Director shall consult with the Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services, and any other Federal agencies administering relevant programs with a view to achieving optimal coordination with such other programs, and shall promote the coordination of projects under this subchapter with other public or private programs or projects carried out at State and local levels. Such Federal agencies shall cooperate with the Director in disseminating information about the availability of assistance under this subchapter and in promoting the identification and interest of low-income and other older persons whose services may be utilized in projects under this subchapter.
(2) To the maximum extent practicable, the Director shall enter into agreements with
(A) the Department of Health and Human Services to
(i) involve retired and senior volunteers, and foster grandparents, in Head Start programs;
(ii) involve retired and senior volunteers, and senior companions, in providing services authorized by title III of the Older Americans Act of 1965 [42 U.S.C. 3021 et seq.]; and
(iii) promote the recognition of such volunteers who are qualified to provide in-home services for reimbursement under title XVIII of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.] for providing such services;
(B) the Department of Education to promote intergenerational tutoring and mentoring for at-risk children; and
(C) the Environmental Protection Agency to support conservation efforts.
(b) 
(1) In carrying out this subchapter, the Director shall encourage and facilitate the efforts of private organizations to promote the programs established in parts A, B, and C of this subchapter and the involvement of older individuals as volunteers in such programs.
(2) The Director shall take appropriate actions to ensure that special efforts are made to publicize the programs established in parts A, B, and C of this subchapter, in order to facilitate recruitment efforts, to encourage greater participation of volunteers, and to emphasize the value of volunteering to the health and well-being of volunteers and the communities of such volunteers. Such actions shall include informing recipients of grants and contracts under this subchapter of all informational materials available from the Director.
(3) From funds appropriated under section 5082 of this title, the Director shall expend not less than $375,000 in each fiscal year to carry out paragraph (2).

42 USC 5022 - Payments; adjustments; advances or reimbursement; installments; conditions

Payments under this subchapter pursuant to a grant or contract may be made (after necessary adjustment, in the case of grants, on account of previously made overpayments or underpayments) in advance or by way of reimbursement, in such installments and on such conditions, as the Director may determine.

42 USC 5023 - Minority group participation

The Director shall take appropriate steps to insure that special efforts are made to recruit, select, and assign qualified individuals sixty years and older from minority groups to serve as volunteers under this subchapter.

42 USC 5024 - Use of locally generated contributions in National Senior Volunteer Corps

Whenever locally generated contributions made to National Senior Volunteer Corps projects under this subchapter are in excess of the amount required by the Director, the Director may not restrict the manner in which such contributions are expended if expenditures from locally generated contributions are not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.

42 USC 5025 - Programs of national significance

(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) of this section in each fiscal year, the Director shall make grants under the programs authorized in parts A, B, and C of this subchapter to support programs that address national problems of local concern.
(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), the Director may make such grants
(A) under the program authorized in part A of this subchapter, to support programs that address the national problems specified in subsection (b) of this section;
(B) under the program authorized in part B of this subchapter, to support programs that address the national problems specified in subsection (b) of this section, other than paragraphs (10), (12), (15), and (16) of such subsection; and
(C) under the program authorized in part C of this subchapter, to support programs that address the national problems referred to in paragraphs (1), (2), (5), (6), and (10) of subsection (b) of this section.
(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 of this subchapter under which the program supported by such grant is to be carried out.
(b) Program grants for problems concerning Nation 
The Director shall make grants under subsection (a) of this section 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.
(3) Programs that work with teenage parents.
(4) Programs that match volunteer mentors with youth who need guidance.
(5) Programs that provide adult and school-based literacy assistance.
(6) Programs that provide respite care, including care for frail elderly individuals and for disabled or chronically ill children living at home.
(7) Programs that provide before- and after-school activities that are sponsored by organizations, such as libraries, that serve children of working parents.
(8) Programs that work with boarder babies.
(9) Programs that serve children who are enrolled in child care programs, giving priority to such programs that serve children with special needs.
(10) 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.
(11) Programs that provide volunteer tutors to assist educationally disadvantaged children, on a one-to-one basis, to improve the basic skills of such children.
(12) Programs that address environmental needs.
(13) Programs that reach out to organizations (such as labor unions and profitmaking organizations) not previously involved in addressing national problems of local concern.
(14) Programs that provide for outreach to increase participation of members of ethnic groups who have limited English proficiency.
(15) Programs that support criminal justice activities and juvenile justice activities.
(16) Programs that involve older volunteers working with young people in apprenticeship programs.
(17) Programs that support the community integration of individuals with disabilities.
(18) 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) of this section, such applicant shall demonstrate to the Director that such grant will be used to increase the total number of volunteers supported by such applicant.
(2) Funds made available under subsection (d) of this section shall be used to supplement and not supplant the number of volunteers engaged in activities under parts A, B, and C of this subchapter (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, for each fiscal year there shall be available to the Director such sums as may be necessary to make grants under subsection (a) of this section.
(2) No funds shall be available to the Director to make grants under subsection (a) of this section for a fiscal year unless the amounts appropriated under subsections (a), (b), and (c) of section 5082 of this title and available for such fiscal year to carry out parts A, B, and C of this subchapter (without regard to this section) are sufficient to maintain the number of projects and volunteers funded under parts A, B, and C of this subchapter, respectively, in the preceding fiscal year.
(e) Dissemination of information respecting grants 
The Director shall disseminate information on grants that may be made under subsection (a) of this section to field personnel of the Corporation and to community volunteer organizations that request such information.

42 USC 5026 - Adjustments to Federal financial assistance

(a) 
(1) In determining the amount of Federal financial assistance to be provided under this subchapter to applicants, the Director shall consider the impact of changes in the Consumer Price Index For All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor on the administrative costs of operating 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 ensure 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.

42 USC 5027 - Multiyear grants or contracts

(a) Maximum period; compliance requirements where period exceeds 1 year; pro rata reductions where funding below prior fiscal year amounts 

(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and the availability of funds, the Director may make a grant or enter into a contract under part A, B, or C of this subchapter for a period not to exceed 3 years. Each applicant who receives a grant, or enters into a contract, under such part for a period exceeding 1 year shall comply with such regulations as the Director may issue to require such applicant
(A) to demonstrate that such applicant is in compliance with such part and with the terms and conditions of such grant or contract; and
(B) to provide information to update the application submitted to obtain such grant or contract.
(2) If the amount appropriated for any fiscal year to carry out part A, B, or C of this subchapter in a period during which multiyear grants or contracts are in effect under such part is less than the amount appropriated to carry out such part in the first fiscal year in such period, then the amounts payable under all such grants and contracts in effect in such period under such part shall be reduced pro rata.
(b) Documentation, etc., by applicant of meaningful administrative savings from multiyear grant or contract 
The Director shall require each applicant for a multiyear grant or contract under this section, to document or describe in the application any meaningful administrative savings that will result from such multiyear grant or contract.
(c) Single-year grant or contract 
If an applicant does not receive a multiyear grant or contract under this section, the Director shall consider such applicant for a single-year grant or contract.
(d) Projects for multiyear periods to be treated as single-year projects for specified purposes 
If the Director approves an application for a contract or grant to carry out a project for a multiyear period as referred to in subsection (a) of this section, the Director shall ensure that such project shall be treated in the same manner as a single-year contract or grant with respect to
(1) the overall level of funding for such project;
(2) any adjustments to Federal financial assistance that may be available under section 5026 of this title; and
(3) the renewal of funding on the expiration of the term of such contract or grant.