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exist and for which socioeconomic, geo-
graphic, and racial and ethnic health dis-
parities exist; 
‘‘(iv) improving health literacy of pa-
tients; 
‘‘(v) providing translation services at 
clinics and in emergency rooms to improve 
health care; 
‘‘(vi) providing services designed to 
meet the needs of rural communities in-
cluding the recruitment of youth to work 
in health professions in such communities; 
‘‘(vii) addressing childhood obesity by 
providing volunteers to organize and super-
vise physical education classes and after 
school physical activities at elementary and 
secondary schools and providing nutrition 
education to students; 
‘‘(viii) addressing issues faced by 
homebound elderly citizens through food 
deliveries, legal and medical services pro-
vided in the home, and providing transpor-
tation; 
‘‘(ix) assisting in health promotion 
interventions that improve health status, 
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and helping people adopt and maintain 
healthy lifestyles and habits to improve 
health status; and 
‘‘(x) other activities addressing unmet 
health needs as the Corporation may des-
ignate. 
‘‘(B) HEALTHY FUTURES CORPS INDICA-
TORS.—The corps indicators for a corps de-
scribed in this paragraph are— 
‘‘(i) access to health care among eco-
nomically disadvantaged individuals and 
individuals who are members of medically 
underserved populations; 
‘‘(ii) access to health care for unin-
sured individuals, including such individ-
uals who are economically disadvantaged 
children; 
‘‘(iii) participation, among economi-
cally disadvantaged individuals and individ-
uals who are members of medically under-
served populations, in disease prevention 
and health promotion initiatives, particu-
larly those with a focus on addressing com-
mon health conditions, addressing chronic 
diseases, and decreasing health disparities; 
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‘‘(iv) health literacy of patients; 
‘‘(v) an additional indicator, relating 
to improving or protecting the health of 
economically disadvantaged individuals and 
individuals who are members of medically 
underserved populations, that the Corpora-
tion, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services and the Di-
rector of the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention, establishes for a given 
year; 
‘‘(vi) a local indicator (applicable to a 
particular eligible entity and on which an 
improvement in performance is needed) re-
lating to improving or protecting the 
health of economically disadvantaged indi-
viduals and individuals who are members 
of medically underserved populations, pro-
posed by that eligible entity in an applica-
tion submitted to, and approved by, a 
State Commission or the Corporation 
under this section; and 
‘‘(vii) any additional local indicator 
(applicable to a particular eligible entity 
and on which an improvement in perform-
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ance is needed) that is approved by the 
Corporation. 
‘‘(3) CLEAN ENERGY CORPS.—A Clean Energy 
Corps that identifies unmet environmental needs 
within communities through activities such as those 
described in subparagraph (A) and meets or exceeds 
the performance indicators under subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(A) ACTIVITIES.—A Clean Energy Corps 
described in this paragraph may carry out ac-
tivities such as— 
‘‘(i) 
weatherizing 
and 
retrofitting 
housing units for low-income households to 
significantly improve the energy efficiency 
and reduce carbon emissions of such hous-
ing units; 
‘‘(ii) building energy efficient housing 
units in low-income communities; 
‘‘(iii) conducting energy audits for 
low-income households and recommending 
ways for the households to improve energy 
efficiency; 
‘‘(iv) the enhancement of renewable 
energy production by facilitating the instal-
lation or repair of renewable energy tech-
nologies; 
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‘‘(v) assisting in emergency oper-
ations, such as disaster prevention and re-
lief; 
‘‘(vi) the repair, renovation, or reha-
bilitation of an existing infrastructure fa-
cility including, but not limited to, rail, 
mass transportation, ports, inland naviga-
tion, schools and hospitals; 
‘‘(vii) working with schools and youth 
programs to educate students and youth 
about ways to reduce home energy use and 
improve the environment, including con-
ducting service-learning projects to provide 
such education; 
‘‘(viii) assisting in the development of 
local recycling programs; 
‘‘(ix) improving national and State 
parks, city parks, county parks, forest pre-
serves, and trails owned or maintained by 
the Federal Government or a State, includ-
ing planting trees, carrying out reforest-
ation, and making trail enhancements; 
‘‘(x) cleaning and improving rivers 
maintained by the Federal Government or 
a State; 
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‘‘(xi) providing clean-energy-related 
services designed to meet the needs of 
rural communities; 
‘‘(xii) 
full-time, 
year-round 
youth 
corps program or full-time summer youth 
corps program, such as a conservation 
corps or youth service corps that— 
‘‘(I) undertakes meaningful serv-
ice projects with visible public bene-
fits, including projects involving urban 
renewal, sustaining natural resources, 
or improving human services; 
‘‘(II) includes as participants 
youths and young adults between the 
ages of 16 and 25, inclusive, including 
out-of-school youths and other dis-
advantaged youths (such as youths 
with limited basic skills, youths in fos-
ter care who are becoming too old for 
foster care, youths of limited-English 
proficiency, 
homeless 
youths, 
and 
youths who are individuals with dis-
abilities), who are between those ages; 
and 
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