§ 2522.450 What types of programs or program models may receive special consideration in the selection process? Cross Reference
Link to an amendment published at 89 FR 46034 , May 28, 2024.
Cross Reference
Link to a correction published at 89 FR 66615 , Aug. 16, 2024.
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.
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