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collection techniques, or other forms 

of information technology. 

Alberta E. Mills, 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2022–09646 Filed 5–4–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE 

Request for Information From NonFederal Stakeholders: Grantee Match 

Requirements 

AGENCY: Corporation for National and 

Community Service. 

ACTION: Request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Executive Order on advancing racial 

equity and support for underserved 

communities, the Corporation for 

National and Community Service, 

operating as AmeriCorps, is inviting 

public comment regarding grantee 

match (that is, the percentage share of 

non-AmeriCorps cash and in-kind 

contributions required to be raised by 

the grantee in support of the grant) from 

any interested party, including current 

and former AmeriCorps applicants and 

program award recipients and sponsors 

or funders, and organizations that 

considered, but ultimately did not apply 

for, AmeriCorps grants. 

DATES: To be considered, written 

comments must be received 

electronically no later than June 10, 

2022 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time 

(EDT). 

ADDRESSES: Comments and any 

supporting attachments should be 

submitted online at http://

www.regulations.gov; search for 

‘‘Request for Information (RFI) from 

Non-Federal Stakeholders: Grantee 

Match Requirements.’’ They will be 

posted unchanged and viewable by the 

public. Please provide contact 

information or organization name on the 

web-based form for possible follow-up 

from AmeriCorps. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sharron Tendai, Program Support 

Specialist, AmeriCorps at stendai@

cns.gov or 202–606–3904. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Matching 

fund requirements are not unusual for 

Federal grants, but they vary across 

government agencies and programs. 

Match requires that a grantee share the 

funding load for their project or program 

that is (partially) funded by the agency. 

Policy reasons for match requirements 

include ensuring that Federal taxpayer 

dollars are leveraging non-agency 

contributions, supporting more 

programming by stretching agency 

dollars further, encouraging community 

engagement and investment in the 

grantee’s activities, and promoting 

grantees’ sustained financial health and 

the viability of their projects beyond the 

life of the grant. 

Both AmeriCorps Seniors and 

AmeriCorps State and National have 

match requirements, established by 

Congress, for some of their grant 

opportunities, as do the Martin Luther 

King Jr. Day of Service and the 

Volunteer Generation Fund grant 

programs. In each case, the grantees may 

provide the match through cash or inkind contributions. AmeriCorps Seniors 

and AmeriCorps State and National 

grant programs currently have some 

statutory and/or regulatory relief from 

match requirements. In accordance with 

Executive Order 13985 (Advancing 

Racial Equity and Support for 

Underserved Communities Through the 

Federal Government), issued on January 

20, 2021, AmeriCorps is inviting public 

comment regarding grantee match 

requirements. 

I. Request for Comment 

AmeriCorps seeks input on the 

following: 

1. What are the benefits, if any, of 

matching requirements? 

2. What evidence, if any, supports (or 

does not support) the use of matching 

requirements? 

3. What changes related to match 

requirements and alternative match 

schedules, if any, might be needed in 

order to: 

a. Encourage more applicants to 

apply? 

b. Make grantees more successful? 

c. Allow applicants and grantees to 

reach underserved communities? 

4. What changes, if any, to the criteria 

or timing for alternative match and/or 

match waiver requests and approvals 

might: 

a. Encourage more applicants to 

apply? 

b. Make grantees more successful? 

c. Allow applicants and grantees to 

reach underserved communities? 

5. What alternative approaches to the 

existing matching requirements would 

help meet the intended policy goals of 

community engagement and 

investment? 

II. Context 

A. Current Match Requirements 

AmeriCorps Seniors 

Congress established the match 

requirements for AmeriCorps Seniors 

programs in the Domestic Volunteer 

Service Act of 1973, as amended 

(DVSA), 45 U.S.C. 4950 et seq. 

For the Foster Grandparent Program 

(FGP) and Senior Companion Program 

(SCP), the DVSA generally limits 

AmeriCorps’ contributions to 90 percent 

of the costs of the development and 

operation of projects, effectively 

requiring grantee sponsors to contribute 

at least 10 percent of the total project 

cost. See 42 U.S.C. 5011(a). AmeriCorps’ 

regulations specify that grantee sponsors 

must contribute 10 percent of the total 

project cost from non-Federal or 

authorized Federal sources for these 

programs. See 45 CFR 2552.92(a), 

2551.92(a). 

For the Retired and Senior Volunteer 

Program (RSVP), the statute generally 

limits the match required of grantees to 

10 percent in the first year, 20 percent 

in the second year and 30 percent in 

subsequent years. See 42 U.S.C. 5001(b). 

AmeriCorps’ regulations mirror this 

requirement, stating that RSVP grants 

may be awarded to fund up to 90 

percent of the total project cost in the 

first year, 80 percent in the second year, 

and 70 percent in the third and 

succeeding years. See 45 CFR 

2553.72(a). 

AmeriCorps State and National 

Congress established the match 

requirements for AmeriCorps State and 

National in the National and 

Community Service Act of 1990, as 

amended (NCSA), 42 U.S.C. 12501 et 

seq. The NCSA limits AmeriCorps’ 

share of the cost of carrying out an 

AmeriCorps State and National program 

to 75 percent. See 42 U.S.C. 12571(e). 

However, Congress has, for several years 

through annual appropriations laws, 

revised this requirement. For example, 

in the Fiscal Year 2021 appropriations 

law, Congress provided that the grantees 

must meet an overall minimum share 

requirement of 24 percent for the first 

three years they receive AmeriCorps 

funding and in successive years must 

meet the requirements as provided for 

in AmeriCorps regulations at 45 CFR 

2521.60. See Public Law 116–260, div. 

H, title IV, 402, December 27, 2020. 

AmeriCorps regulations implement 

these requirements by requiring a 24 

percent match for cost-reimbursement 

grants to first-time grantees for the first 

three-year funding period. Starting with 

year four, the match requirement 

gradually increases every year until it 

reaches 50 percent by year 10, as shown 

in the minimum overall share chart 

below. Match is calculated as a total of 

the over all budget (Federal share + 

grantee share.) 


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AmeriCorps Funding Year ............... 1, 2, 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ 

Grantee Share Requirements .......... 24% 26% 30% 34% 38% 42% 46% 50% 

See 45 CFR 2521.45 and 2521.60(a). 

AmeriCorps State and National— 

Commission Support Grants 

Section 126(a) of the NCSA (42 U.S.C. 

12576) authorizes AmeriCorps to make 

grants of $250,000 to $1,000,000 to 

support State Commissions annually, 

and requires the State to agree to 

provide matching funds from nonFederal sources of not less than $1 for 

every $1 provided by the Corporation 

through the grant. 

Martin Luther King, Jr. Service Day 

Section 198(i) of the NCSA (42 U.S.C. 

12653(i)) authorizes AmeriCorps to 

make grants to support activities in 

honor of the life and teachings of Dr. 

Martin Luther King, Jr. The statute 

limits the Federal share to 30% of the 

cost of the service opportunity. There is 

currently no explicit relief for this 

match requirement in statute or 

regulation. 

Volunteer Generation Fund 

Section 198P(f) (42 U.S.C. 12653p(f)) 

authorizes AmeriCorps to make grants 

for volunteer programs. The statute 

limits the AmeriCorps share to 80% in 

year one, 70% in year two, 60% in year 

3, and 50% in years four and beyond. 

There is currently no explicit relief for 

this match requirement in statute or 

regulation. 

B. Match Waivers and Alternative Match 

Schedule 

AmeriCorps Seniors 

AmeriCorps may grant a match waiver 

to a grantee for any of the three 

AmeriCorps Seniors programs. See 42 

U.S.C. 5001(b) (RSVP), 5011(a) (FGP), 

5013(a) (SCP). AmeriCorps has 

established by regulation that it may 

grant a waiver of match requirements if 

it determines that at least one of the 

following criteria are met, based on 

information provided by the gprantee: 

Initial difficulties in the development of 

local funding sources during the first 

three years of operations; an economic 

downturn, a natural disaster, or similar 

events in the service area that severely 

restrict or reduce sources of local 

funding support; or the unexpected 

discontinuation of local support from 

one or more sources that a project has 

relied on for a period of years. See 45 

CFR 2551.92 (SCP), 2552.92 (FGP), 

2553.72 (RSVP). 

AmeriCorps has designed a 

streamlined process for AmeriCorps 

Seniors to request individual match 

waivers in accordance with these 

regulatory criteria. 

AmeriCorps State and National 

Under certain circumstances, 

applicants/grantees in AmeriCorps State 

and National may qualify to meet 

alternative matching requirements that 

increase over the years to 35 percent 

instead of 50 percent as specified in the 

regulations. See 42 U.S.C. 12645(d); 42 

U.S.C. 12576. To qualify, applicants/ 

grantees must demonstrate that the 

proposed program is located in a rural 

county or in a severely economically 

distressed community. See 45 CFR 

2521.60(b). 

AmeriCorps may grant a match waiver 

for an AmeriCorps State and National 

grantee if it determines that the grantee 

has demonstrated all four of the 

following: There is a lack of resources 

at the local level; the lack of resources 

in the local community is unique or 

unusual; the grantee has made efforts to 

raise matching resources; and the 

grantee has raised a specified amount of 

matching resources or reasonably 

expects to raise that amount. See 45 CFR 

2521.70. AmeriCorps has designed a 

streamlined process for AmeriCorps 

State and National Grantees to request 

individual match waivers in accordance 

with these regulatory criteria. 

AmeriCorps State and National— 

Commission Support Grants 

The CEO may permit a State 

Commission that demonstrates 

hardship, or a new State Commission, to 

meet alternative matching requirements 

for a commission support grant as 

follows: 

(A) FIRST $100,000: For the first 

$100,000 of AmeriCorps grant funds, the 

State involved shall not be required to 

provide matching funds. 

(B) AMOUNTS GREATER THAN 

$100,000: For AmeriCorps grants of 

more than $100,000 but not more than 

$250,000, the State shall agree to 

provide matching funds from nonFederal sources of not less than $1 for 

every $2 provided by AmeriCorps in 

excess of $100,000. 

(C) AMOUNTS GREATER THAN 

$250,000: For AmeriCorps grants of 

more than $250,000, the State shall 

agree to provide matching funds from 

non-Federal sources of not less than $1 

for every $1 provided by AmeriCorps, in 

excess of $250,000. 

See 42 U.S.C. 12576; 45 CFR 

2550.110. 

Dated: April 29, 2022. 

Anna Mecagni, 

Chief of Program Operations. 

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BILLING CODE 6050–28–P 

U.S. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 

FINANCE CORPORATION 

Notice of Public Hearing 

AGENCY: U.S. International Development 

Finance Corporation. 

ACTION: Announcement of public 

hearing. 

SUMMARY: The Board of Directors of the 

U.S. International Development Finance 

Corporation (‘‘DFC’’) will hold a public 

hearing on June 8, 2022. This hearing 

will afford an opportunity for any 

person to present views in accordance 

with Section 1413(c) of the BUILD Act 

of 2018. Those wishing to present at the 

hearing must provide advance notice to 

the agency as detailed below. 

DATES: 

Public hearing: 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, 

June 8, 2022. 

Deadline for notifying agency of an 

intent to attend or present at the public 

hearing: 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 1, 

2022. 

Deadline for submitting a written 

statement: 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 

1, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Public hearing: Virtual; 

Access information provided at the time 

of attendance registration. 

You may send notices of intent to 

attend, present, or submit a written 

statement to Catherine F.I. Andrade, 

DFC Corporate Secretary, via email at 

candrade@dfc.gov. 

Instructions: A notice of intent to 

attend the public hearing or to present 

at the public hearing must include the 

individual’s name, title, organization, 

address, email, telephone number, and 

a concise summary of the subject matter 

to be presented. Oral presentations may 

not exceed five (5) minutes. The time for 

individual presentations may be 

reduced proportionately, if necessary, to 

afford all participants who have 

submitted a timely request an 

opportunity to be heard. Submission of 

written statements must include the 

individual’s name, title, organization, 

address, email, and telephone number. 

The statement must be typewritten, 

double-spaced, and may not exceed ten 

(10) pages. 


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