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§12645d Matching Funds for Severely Economically Distressed Communities
Title 42 › Chapter 129— NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE › Subchapter I— NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE STATE GRANT PROGRAM › § 12645d
Summary
If a severely economically distressed community gets help from the Corporation for national service, it does not have to provide matching funds and the federal share may be 100 percent. Such a community is either an area where foreclosure, home‑price decline, and unemployment all exceed the national average for the most recent 12 months' data, or a place that lacks basic services.
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Title 42, §12645d
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(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a severely economically distressed community that receives assistance from the Corporation for any program under the national service laws shall not be subject to any requirements to provide matching funds for any such program, and the Federal share of such assistance for such a community may be 100 percent.
(b)For the purposes of this section, the term “severely economically distressed community” means—
(1)an area that has a mortgage foreclosure rate, home price decline, and unemployment rate all of which are above the national average for such rates or level, for the most recent 12 months for which satisfactory data are available; or
(2)a residential area that lacks basic living necessities, such as water and sewer systems, electricity, paved roads, and safe, sanitary housing.
Legislative History
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective Oct. 1, 2009, see section 6101(a) of Pub. L. 111–13, set out as an
Effective Date
of 2009 Amendment note under section 4950 of this title.
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Citation
42 U.S.C. § 12645d
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60