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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§5028 Authority of Director

Title 42 › CHAPTER 66 — DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICES › SUBCHAPTER II — NATIONAL SENIOR SERVICE CORPS › Part E — Demonstration Programs › § 5028

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director can give grants or make contracts with public or nonprofit groups, including those funded under parts A, B, or C, to try out new volunteer projects that involve older Americans. The Director can support volunteers who get stipends and volunteers who do not. Grants can pay for three kinds of work: linking youth groups with older American organizations, placing older volunteers in different kinds of programs than usual, and testing whether these volunteer programs can help reach new goals or national priorities.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §5028

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

(a)In general
The Director is authorized to make grants to or enter into contracts with public or nonprofit organizations, including organizations funded under part A, B, or C, for the purposes of demonstrating innovative activities involving older Americans as volunteers. The Director may support under this part both volunteers receiving stipends and volunteers not receiving stipends.
(b)Activities
An organization that receives a grant or enters into a contract under subsection (a) may use funds made available through the grant or contract for activities such as—
(1)linking youth groups and older American organizations in volunteer activities;
(2)involving older volunteers in programs and activities different from programs and activities supported in the community; and
(3)testing whether older American volunteer programs may contribute to new objectives or certain national priorities.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1993, see section 392 of Pub. L. 103–82, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1993 Amendment note under section 4951 of this title.

Reference

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 5028

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110