Chapter 660 — Chapter 660
114 sections in this chapter.
ORS 660.453 Oregon Youth Corps. Subject to the availability of funds, there is created within the Oregon Youth Employment Program established under ORS 660.353 an Oregon Youth Corps that shall provide emergency services, public conservation, rehabilitation and improvement programs. The corps shall be headed by a program director, and shall be administered through the Higher Education Coordinating Commission. The program director shall operate the corps in consultation with the Oregon Youth Works Advisory Board created under ORS 660.440. [Formerly 418.653]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 660.457 Duties of Oregon Youth Corps program director; participant eligibility; rules; staff. (1) In consultation with the Oregon Youth Works Advisory Board created under ORS 660.440 and the executive director of the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, or the designee of the executive director, the program director of the Oregon Youth Corps shall
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(a) Establish eligibility criteria for participants. Such criteria shall not render the program ineligible for federal funds. Participants shall be lawful permanent residents of this state. (b) Establish criteria in order to make the required determination that enrollment in the …
ORS 660.458 Oregon Community Stewardship Corps; projects; tuition vouchers for program participants; sponsors; criteria; rules. (1) The program director of the Oregon Youth Corps shall establish within the Oregon Youth Employment Program established under ORS 660.353 a separate program known as the Oregon Community Stewardship Corps. In addition to the established purposes of the Oregon Youth Corps, the purpose of the Oregon Community Stewardship Corps is to promote community service activities throughout the state for a broad cross section of Oregon disadvantaged and at-risk youth through programs that also include appropriate educational and job training opportunities for participants
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(2) In addition to projects submitted under ORS 660.460 (1), projects of the Oregon Community Stewardship Corps may include, but shall not be limited to: (a) Child care services. (b) Elderly and disabled care services. (c) Literacy education programs. (d) Recycling and other wast…
ORS 660.460 Projects; consistency with public land law. (1) The programs established under ORS 660.450 to 660.463 may include, but shall not be limited to, projects such as
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(a) Rangeland conservation, rehabilitation and improvement; (b) Endangered species and other wildlife habitat conservation, rehabilitation and improvement; (c) Urban revitalization; (d) Historical and cultural site preservation and maintenance; (e) Recreational area development, …
ORS 660.463 Employment goals. (1) Projects selected under ORS 660.450 to 660.463 shall
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(a) Result in an increase in employment opportunities for disadvantaged and at-risk youth over those opportunities which would otherwise be available; (b) Not result in the displacement of currently employed workers, including partial displacement such as reduction in the hours o…
ORS 660.500 OregonServes Commission. (1) There is established the OregonServes Commission within the Higher Education Coordinating Commission. The OregonServes Commission is the AmeriCorps service commission for Oregon
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(2)(a) The OregonServes Commission shall consist of at least 15 voting members appointed by the Governor and may consist of not more than 25 voting members appointed by the Governor. (b) In addition to the voting members of the commission appointed under paragraph (a) of this sub…
ORS 660.505 Commission membership. (1) The members of the OregonServes Commission appointed under ORS 660.500 (2)(a) must be residents of this state who have a proven commitment to community service and who have a demonstrated interest in fostering and nurturing civic engagement as a strategy for strengthening communities and promoting the ethic of service in all sectors of this state
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(2)(a) The Governor shall appoint as members of the commission: (A) An individual with experience in educational, training and development needs of youth, particularly disadvantaged youth. (B) An individual with experience in promoting involvement of adults 55 years of age or old…
ORS 660.508 Commission officers; meetings. (1) The members of the OregonServes Commission appointed under ORS 660.500 (2)(a) shall select a commission member as chairperson and another as vice chairperson, for terms, and with duties and powers necessary for the performance of the functions of those offices, as the commission determines. The chairperson and vice chairperson must be members of the commission appointed under ORS 660.500 (2)(a)
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(2) A majority of the voting members of the commission constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business. (3) The commission shall meet at least once every three months at a place, day and hour determined by a majority of the voting members of the commission. The commission sh…
ORS 660.511 Advisory and technical committees. (1) The OregonServes Commission may establish advisory and technical committees as the commission considers necessary to aid and advise the commission in the performance of commission functions. These committees may be continuing or temporary committees. The commission shall determine the representation, membership, terms and organization of the committees and shall appoint the committee members
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(2) Members of the committees are not entitled to compensation, but at the discretion of the commission may be reimbursed, from moneys available to the commission, for actual and necessary travel and other expenses incurred by them in the performance of their official duties, as …
ORS 660.515 Commission duties. The OregonServes Commission shall
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(1) Develop programs and provide oversight and administration of programs granted to this state by AmeriCorps under the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993, as amended (P.L. 103-82). (2) Prepare state applications to AmeriCorps for financial assistance for state-base…
ORS 660.518 Additional duties. (1) The OregonServes Commission shall act in all respects as the successor to both the Oregon Volunteers Commission for Voluntary Action and Service and the Oregon Commission for National and Community Service formed in response to the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993
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(2) The OregonServes Commission shall act at all times in compliance with the requirements imposed upon a state commission by the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993 in effect on January 1, 2006. [Formerly 458.570]
ORS 660.520 Rules establishing standards and guidelines. In accordance with applicable provisions in ORS chapter 183, the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, in consultation with the OregonServes Commission, may adopt rules
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(1) Establishing standards and guidelines for applications for grants; and (2) Establishing standards and requirements for administration of programs funded by grants. [Formerly 458.573]
ORS 660.523 Solicitations of moneys by commission. The OregonServes Commission may apply for and accept grants, contributions and assistance from any federal, state or local government agency and any foundation, individual or organization for the purposes of
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(1) Performing commission duties under ORS 660.515; (2) Implementing programs and policies necessary to carry out the duties, functions and powers of the commission; or (3) Assisting residents and public and private entities in implementing commission programs and policies. [Form…
ORS 660.990 [Amended by 1967 c.6 §26; repealed by 1981 c.764
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