45 C.F.R. § 2522.450 What types of programs or program models may receive special consideration in the selection process?
Title 45 - Public Welfare
Following the scoring of proposals under §2522.440 of this part, the Corporation will seek to ensure that its portfolio of approved programs includes a meaningful representation of proposals that address one or more of the following priorities: (a) Program models: (1) Programs operated by community organizations, including faith-based organizations, or programs that support the efforts of community organizations, including faith-based organizations, to solve local problems; (2) Lower-cost professional corps programs, as defined in paragraph (a)(3) of §2522.110 of this chapter. (b) Program activities: (1) Programs that serve or involve children and youth, including mentoring of disadvantaged youth and children of prisoners; (2) Programs that address educational needs, including those that carry out literacy and tutoring activities generally, and those that focus on reading for children in the third grade or younger; (3) Programs that focus on homeland security activities that support and promote public safety, public health, and preparedness for any emergency, natural or man-made (this includes programs that help to plan, equip, train, and practice the response capabilities of many different response units ready to mobilize without warning for any emergency); (4) Programs that address issues relating to the environment; (5) Programs that support independent living for seniors or individuals with disabilities; (6) Programs that increase service and service-learning on higher education campuses in partnership with their surrounding communities; (7) Programs that foster opportunities for Americans born in the post-World War II baby boom to serve and volunteer in their communities; and (8) Programs that involve community-development by finding and using local resources, and the capacities, skills, and assets of lower-income people and their community, to rejuvenate their local economy, strengthen public and private investments in the community, and help rebuild civil society. (c) Programs supporting distressed communities: Programs or projects that will be conducted in: (1) A community designated as an empowerment zone or redevelopment area, targeted for special economic incentives, or otherwise identifiable as having high concentrations of low-income people; (2) An area that is environmentally distressed, as demonstrated by Federal and State data; (3) An area adversely affected by Federal actions related to managing Federal lands that result in significant regional job losses and economic dislocation; (4) An area adversely affected by reductions in defense spending or the closure or realignment of military installation; (5) An area that has an unemployment rate greater than the national average unemployment for the most recent 12 months for which State or Federal data are available; (6) A rural community, as demonstrated by Federal and State data; or (7) A severely economically distressed community, as demonstrated by Federal and State data. (d) Other programs: Programs that meet any additional priorities as the Corporation determines and disseminates in advance of the selection process. [70 FR 39600, July 8, 2005]
Title 45: Public Welfare
PART 2522—AMERICORPS PARTICIPANTS, PROGRAMS, AND APPLICANTS
Subpart D—Selection of AmeriCorps Programs
§ 2522.450 What types of programs or program models may receive special consideration in the selection process?
