Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§12645d Matching funds for severely economically distressed communities

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 129— - NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE STATE GRANT PROGRAM › § 12645d

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

If a severely economically distressed community gets help from the Corporation for national service programs, it does not have to provide matching funds and the Federal share can be 100 percent. "Severely economically distressed community" means either an area whose foreclosure rate, home price decline, and unemployment rate are all above the national average for the most recent 12 months with reliable data, or a residential area that lacks basic services like water, sewer, electricity, paved roads, or safe housing.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §12645d

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(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a severely economically distressed community that receives assistance from the Corporation for any program under the national service laws shall not be subject to any requirements to provide matching funds for any such program, and the Federal share of such assistance for such a community may be 100 percent.

(b)For the purposes of this section, the term “severely economically distressed community” means—

(1)an area that has a mortgage foreclosure rate, home price decline, and unemployment rate all of which are above the national average for such rates or level, for the most recent 12 months for which satisfactory data are available; or

(2)a residential area that lacks basic living necessities, such as water and sewer systems, electricity, paved roads, and safe, sanitary housing.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 2009, see section 6101(a) of Pub. L. 111–13, set out as an

Effective Date

of 2009 Amendment note under section 4950 of this title.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 12645d

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73