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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§12574 Types of Program Assistance

Title 42 › CHAPTER 129 — NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER I — NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE STATE GRANT PROGRAM › Part I — Investment in National Service › § 12574

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Corporation can give three kinds of help to eligible applicants: planning help to design a national service program, operational help to start, run, or expand a program, and replication help to take a proven program to a new location. Planning help can last up to 1 year. Operational and replication help can last up to 3 years and can be renewed if the applicant submits a new application. The same rules apply to any state or other applicant that will use the funds to make grants to other national service programs.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §12574

The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Planning assistance
The Corporation may provide assistance under section 12571 of this title to a qualified applicant that submits an application under section 12582 of this title for the planning of a national service program. Assistance provided in accordance with this subsection may cover a period of not more than 1 year.
(b)Operational assistance
The Corporation may provide assistance under section 12571 of this title to a qualified applicant that submits an application under section 12582 of this title for the establishment, operation, or expansion of a national service program. Assistance provided in accordance with this subsection may cover a period of not more than 3 years, but may be renewed by the Corporation upon consideration of a new application under section 12582 of this title.
(c)Replication assistance
The Corporation may provide assistance under section 12571 of this title to a qualified applicant that submits an application under section 12582 of this title for the expansion of a proven national service program to another geographical location. Assistance provided in accordance with this subsection may cover a period of not more than 3 years, but may be renewed by the Corporation upon consideration of a new application under section 12582 of this title.
(d)Application to subgrants
The requirements of this section shall apply to any State or other applicant receiving assistance under section 12571 of this title that proposes to conduct a grant program using the assistance to support other national service programs.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 12574, Pub. L. 101–610, title I, § 144, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3152, related to terms of service for national and community service, prior to the general amendment of subtitle D of title I of Pub. L. 101–610 [former part D of this subchapter] by Pub. L. 103–82, § 102(a). A prior section 124 of Pub. L. 101–610 was renumbered section 199D, and is classified to section 12655c of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1993, see section 123 of Pub. L. 103–82, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1993 Amendment note under section 1701 of Title 16, Conservation.

Reference

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 12574

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110