Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§5028 Authority of Director

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 66— - DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - NATIONAL SENIOR SERVICE CORPS › Part Part E— - Demonstration Programs › § 5028

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director can give grants or make contracts with public or nonprofit groups, including groups funded under part A, B, or C, to try new ways of using older Americans as volunteers. The Director can fund volunteers who get small payments and volunteers who do not. A group that gets a grant or contract can use the money to link youth groups and older adults for volunteer work, place older volunteers in different kinds of programs than usual, and test whether older volunteer programs can help meet new goals or national priorities.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §5028

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(a)The Director is authorized to make grants to or enter into contracts with public or nonprofit organizations, including organizations funded under part A, B, or C, for the purposes of demonstrating innovative activities involving older Americans as volunteers. The Director may support under this part both volunteers receiving stipends and volunteers not receiving stipends.

(b)An organization that receives a grant or enters into a contract under subsection (a) may use funds made available through the grant or contract for activities such as—

(1)linking youth groups and older American organizations in volunteer activities;

(2)involving older volunteers in programs and activities different from programs and activities supported in the community; and

(3)testing whether older American volunteer programs may contribute to new objectives or certain national priorities.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1993, see section 392 of Pub. L. 103–82, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1993 Amendment note under section 4951 of this title.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 5028

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73