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).