subpart b - community-based service programs for school-age youth

42 USC 12541 - Definitions

As used in this subpart:
(1) Community-based service program 
The term community-based service program means a program described in section 12542 (b)(1)(A) of this title.
(2) Grantmaking entity 
The term grantmaking entity means a qualified organization that
(A) submits an application under section 12544 (a) of this title to make grants to qualified organizations;
(B) was in existence at least 1 year before the date on which the organization submitted the application; and
(C) meets such other criteria as the Chief Executive Officer shall establish.
(3) Qualified organization 
The term qualified organization means a public or private nonprofit">nonprofit organization with experience working with school-age youth that meets such criteria as the Chief Executive Officer may establish.

42 USC 12542 - General authority

(a) Grants 
From the funds appropriated to carry out this subpart for a fiscal year, the Corporation may make grants to State Commissions, grantmaking entities, and qualified organizations to pay for the Federal share of the implementation, operation, expansion, or replication of community-based service programs.
(b) Use of funds 

(1) State Commissions and grantmaking entities 
A State Commission or grantmaking entity may use a grant made under subsection (a) of this section
(A) to make a grant to a qualified organization to implement, operate, expand, or replicate a community-based service program that provides for meaningful human, educational, environmental, or public safety service by participants, who shall be school-age youth; or
(B) to provide training and technical assistance to such an organization.
(2) Qualified organizations 
A qualified organization, other than a grantmaking entity, may use a grant made under subsection (a) of this section to implement, operate, expand, or replicate a program described in paragraph (1)(A).

42 USC 12543 - State applications

(a) In general 
To be eligible to receive a grant under section 12542 (a) of this title, a State Commission shall prepare, submit to the Corporation, and obtain approval of, an application.
(b) Submission 
Such application shall be submitted to the Corporation at such time and in such manner, and shall contain such information, as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require.
(c) Contents 
Such an application shall include, at a minimum, a State plan that contains the information and assurances described in section 12544 (d) of this title with respect to each community-based service program proposed to be carried out through funding distributed by the State Commission under this subpart.

42 USC 12544 - Local applications

(a) Application to Corporation to make grants for community-based service programs 
To be eligible to receive a grant from the Corporation under section 12542 (a) of this title to make grants under section 12542 (b)(1) of this title, a grantmaking entity shall prepare, submit to the Corporation, and obtain approval of, an application that proposes a community-based service program to be carried out through grants made to qualified organizations. Such application shall be submitted at such time and in such manner, and shall contain such information, as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require.
(b) Direct application to Corporation to carry out community-based service programs 
To be eligible to receive a grant from the Corporation under section 12542 (a) of this title to implement, operate, expand, or replicate a community service program, a qualified organization shall prepare, submit to the Corporation, and obtain approval of, an application that proposes a community-based service program to be carried out at multiple sites, or that proposes an innovative community-based service program. Such application shall be submitted at such time and in such manner, and shall contain such information, as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require.
(c) Application to State Commission or grantmaking entity to receive grants to carry out community-based service programs 
To be eligible to receive a grant from a State Commission or grantmaking entity under section 12542 (b)(1) of this title, a qualified organization shall prepare, submit to the Commission or entity, and obtain approval of, an application. Such application shall be submitted at such time and in such manner, and shall contain such information, as the Commission or entity may reasonably require.
(d) Regulations 
The Corporation shall by regulation establish standards for the information and assurances required to be contained in an application submitted under subsection (a) or (b) of this section with respect to a community-based service program, including, at a minimum
(1) an assurance that the entity carrying out the program proposed by the applicant will comply with the nonduplication and nondisplacement provisions of section 12637 of this title and the grievance procedure requirements of section 12636 (f) of this title;
(2) an assurance that the entity carrying out the program will, prior to placing a participant in the program, consult with the appropriate local labor organization, if any, representing employees in the area in which the program will be carried out that are engaged in the same or similar work as the work proposed to be carried out by the program, to prevent the displacement of such employees; and
(3) in the case of an application submitted by a grantmaking entity, information demonstrating that the entity will make grants for a program to
(A) carry out activities described in section 12542 (b)(1) of this title in two or more States, under circumstances in which the activities carried out under such program can be carried out more efficiently through one program than through two or more programs; and
(B) carry out the same activities, such as training activities or activities related to exchanging information on service experiences, through each of the projects assisted through the program.
(e) Limitation on same project in multiple applications 
No applicant shall submit an application under section 12543 of this title or this section, and the Corporation shall reject an application that is submitted under section 12543 of this title or this section, if the application describes a project proposed to be conducted using assistance requested by the applicant and the project is already described in another application pending before the Corporation.

42 USC 12545 - Consideration of applications

(a) Application of criteria 
The Corporation shall apply the criteria described in subsection (b) of this section in determining whether to approve an application submitted under section 12543 of this title or under subsection (a) or (b) of section 12544 of this title and to provide assistance under section 12542 of this title to the applicant on the basis of the application.
(b) Assistance criteria 
In evaluating such an application with respect to a program under this subpart, the Corporation shall consider the criteria established for national service programs under section 12585 (c) of this title.
(c) Application to subgrants 
A State Commission or grantmaking entity shall apply the criteria described in subsection (b) of this section in determining whether to approve an application under section 12544 (c) of this title and to make a grant under section 12542 (b)(1) of this title to the applicant on the basis of the application.

42 USC 12546 - Federal, State, and local contributions

(a) Federal share 

(1) In general 
The Federal share attributable to this subpart of the cost of carrying out a program for which a grant is made under this subpart may not exceed the percentage specified in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of section 12529 (a)(1) of this title, as appropriate.
(2) Calculation 
Each recipient of assistance under this subpart shall comply with section 12529 (a)(2) of this title.
(b) Waiver 
The Chief Executive Officer may waive the requirements of subsection (a) of this section, in whole or in part, as provided in section 12529 (b) of this title.

42 USC 12547 - Limitations on uses of funds

(a) Administrative costs 
Not more than 5 percent of the amount of assistance provided to a State Commission, grantmaking entity, or qualified organization that is the original recipient of a grant under section 12542 (a) of this title for a fiscal year may be used to pay for administrative costs incurred by
(1) the original recipient; or
(2) the entity carrying out the community-based service programs supported with the assistance.
(b) Rules on use 
The Chief Executive Officer may by rule prescribe the manner and extent to which
(1) such assistance may be used to cover administrative costs; and
(2) that portion of the assistance available to cover administrative costs should be distributed between
(A) the original recipient; and
(B) the entity carrying out the community-based service programs supported with the assistance.