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§12616 Training

Title 42 › CHAPTER 129 — NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER I — NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE STATE GRANT PROGRAM › § 12616

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Give each Corps member 3 to 6 weeks of training that teaches teamwork, discipline, leadership, job skills, good citizenship, and physical fitness. The program director must, when possible, train members in CPR, first aid, and other disaster-response skills. Members in the full national program must get extra, job-specific training for their community projects, such as energy saving, environmental care, infrastructure repair, community development, or disaster work. Summer program members do not get that extra training but may get other training when possible. Trainers are staff chosen by the program and can work with schools, job programs, youth groups, or other experts. Training can take place at Department of Defense or National Guard sites the program names.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §12616

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(a)Common curriculum
Each member of the National Civilian Community Corps shall be provided with between three and six weeks of training that includes a comprehensive service-learning curriculum designed to promote team building, discipline, leadership, work, training, citizenship, and physical conditioning. The Director shall ensure that, to the extent practicable, each member of the Corps is trained in CPR, first aid, and other skills related to disaster preparedness and response.
(b)Advanced service training
(1)National service program
Members of the Corps participating in the national service program shall receive advanced training in basic, project-specific skills that the members will use in performing their community service projects, including a focus on energy conservation, environmental stewardship or conservation, infrastructure improvement, urban and rural development, or disaster preparedness needs, as appropriate.
(2)Summer national service program
Members of the Corps participating in the summer national service program shall not receive advanced training referred to in paragraph (1) but, to the extent practicable, may receive other training.
(c)Training personnel
(1)In general
Members of the cadre appointed under section 12619(c)(2) of this title shall provide the training for the members of the Corps, including, as appropriate, advanced service training and ongoing training throughout the members’ periods of agreed service.
(2)Coordination with other entities
Members of the cadre may provide, either directly or through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, the advanced service training referred to in subsection (b)(1) in coordination with vocational or technical schools, other employment and training providers, existing youth service programs, other qualified individuals, or organizations with expertise in training youth, including disadvantaged youth, in the skills described in such subsection.
(d)Facilities
The training may be provided at installations and other facilities of the Department of Defense, and at National Guard facilities, identified under section 12622(c) of this title.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 12653e of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 103–82, § 104(b).

Prior Provisions

A prior section 156 of Pub. L. 101–610 was classified to section 12601 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–82, § 104(a).

Amendments

2009—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1506(1), inserted “National” before “Civilian Community Corps” and inserted at end “The Director shall ensure that, to the extent practicable, each member of the Corps is trained in CPR, first aid, and other skills related to disaster preparedness and response.” Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1506(2), inserted before period at end “, including a focus on energy conservation, environmental stewardship or conservation, infrastructure improvement, urban and rural development, or disaster preparedness needs, as appropriate”. Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1506(3), amended par. (2) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Members of the cadre may provide the advanced service training referred to in subsection (b)(1) of this section in coordination with vocational or technical schools, other employment and training providers, existing youth service programs, or other qualified individuals.” Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1506(4), substituted “section 12622(c)” for “section 12622(a)(3)”. 1993—Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 103–82, § 104(e)(2)(D)(i), substituted “section 12619(c)(2)” for “section 12653h(c)(2)”. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 103–82, § 104(e)(2)(D)(ii), substituted “section 12622(a)(3)” for “section 12653k(a)(3)”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2009 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 111–13 effective Oct. 1, 2009, see section 6101(a) of Pub. L. 111–13, set out as a note under section 4950 of this title.

Effective Date

of 1993 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 103–82 effective Oct. 1, 1993, see section 123 of Pub. L. 103–82, set out as a note under section 1701 of Title 16, Conservation.

Reference

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 12616

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110