§12592 Selection of National Service Participants

Summary

Groups that get federal help to run national service programs must do the actual recruiting and pick who will serve in their approved positions, unless other parts of the law say otherwise. Their recruiting and selection must follow the rules in section 12635. People may only serve a second term if they did a satisfactory job in their first term. The national service agency (the Corporation) and each State Commission must set up a system to recruit people who want to serve and help place them in approved positions, which can include jobs under Titles I and II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973. They must share information with high schools, colleges, job centers, state vocational rehabilitation and disability agencies, and groups that reach disadvantaged youth and youth with disabilities. The Corporation can pick some recruits with strong leadership potential for special training, provided directly or by grant or contract, and should try to include people who served in the Peace Corps, VISTA, certain national service programs (especially disadvantaged youth), programs under part D as they existed before September 21, 1993, or who were honorably discharged from the Armed Forces. Trained leaders can be assigned to programs on request and will count as participants. The Corporation must also make rules for how to judge whether a participant’s service was satisfactory for a second term or for a national service education award.