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45 C.F.R. Subpart A—General

Title 45 - Public Welfare

Title 45: Public Welfare
PART 1210—VISTA TRAINEE DESELECTION AND VOLUNTEER EARLY TERMINATION PROCEDURES

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Subpart A—General

§ 1210.1-1   Purpose.

This part establishes procedures under which certain Trainees and Volunteers serving in ACTION programs under Pub. L. 93–113 will be deselected from training or termininated from service and how they may appeal their deselection or termination.

§ 1210.1-2   Scope.

(a) This part applies to all Trainees and Volunteers enrolled under part A of Title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, Pub. L. 93–113, as amended, (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.,) (hereinafter the “Act”) and full-time Volunteers serving under part C of title I of the Act.

(b) This part does not apply to the medical separation of any Trainee or Volunteer. Separate procedures, as detailed in the VISTA Handbook, are applicable for such separations.

§ 1210.1-3   Definitions.

(a) Trainee means a person enrolled in a program under part A of Title I of the Act or for full-time volunteer service under part C of Title I of the Act who has reported to training but has not yet completed training and been assigned to a project.

(b) Volunteer means a person enrolled and currently assigned to a project as a full-time Volunteer under part A of title I of the Act, or under part C of title I of the Act.

(c) Sponsor means a public or private nonprofit agency to which ACTION has assigned Volunteers.

(d) Hearing Examiner or Examiner means a person having the qualifications described in Appendix A who has been appointed to conduct an inquiry with respect to a termination.

(e) National Grant Program means a program operated under part A, title I of the Act in which ACTION has awarded a grant to provide the direct costs of supporting VISTA Volunteers on a national or multi-regional basis. VISTA Volunteers may be assigned to local offices or project affiliates. The national grantee provides overall training, technical assistance and management support for project operations.

(f) Local component means a local office or project affiliate of a national grantee to which VISTA Volunteers are assigned under the VISTA National Grants Program.

(g) Termination means the removal of a Volunteer from VISTA service by ACTION, and does not refer to removal of a Volunteer from a particular project which has been requested by a sponsor or Governor under §1210.3–2.

(h) Deselection means the removal of a Trainee from VISTA service by ACTION.

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