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42 U.S. Code § 12585 - Consideration of applications | U.S. Code | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
Part II. Application and Approval Process
Section 12585. Consideration of applications
42 U.S. Code § 12585. Consideration of applications
(a) Corporation consideration of certain criteriaThe Corporation shall apply the criteria described in subsections (c) and (d) in determining whether—
to approve service positions described in the application as national service positions that include the national service educational award described in division D and provide such approved national service positions to the applicant.
(b) Application to subgrants
A State or other entity that uses assistance provided under section 12571(a) of this title to support national service programs selected on a competitive basis to receive a share of the assistance shall use the criteria described in subsections (c) and (d) when considering an application submitted by a national service program to receive a portion of such assistance or an approved national service position.
(2) ContentsThe application of the State or other entity under section 12582 of this title shall contain—
(c) Assistance criteriaThe criteria required to be applied in evaluating applications submitted under section 12582 of this title are as follows:
The quality of the national serviceprogram proposed to be carried out directly by the applicant or supported by a grant from the applicant.
The innovative aspects of the national serviceprogram, and the feasibility of replicating the program.
(3) The sustainability of the national serviceprogram, based on evidence such as the existence—
The quality of the leadership of the national serviceprogram, the past performance of the program, and the extent to which the program builds on existing programs.
(6) The extent to which projects would be conducted in the following areas where they are needed most:
(1) Geographic diversity
The Corporation shall ensure that recipients of assistance provided under section 12571 of this title are geographically diverse and include projects to be conducted in those urban and rural areas in a State with the highest rates of poverty.
(2) PrioritiesThe Corporation may designate, under such criteria as may be established by the Corporation, certain national service programs or types of national service programs described in subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 12572 of this title for priority consideration in the competitive distribution of funds under section 12581(d) of this title. In designating national service programs to receive priority, the Corporation may include—
(A) national serviceprograms that—
conform to the national service priorities in effect under section 12572(f) of this title;
grantprograms in support of other national service programs if the grant programs are to be conducted by nonprofit organizations with demonstrated and extensive expertise in the provision of services to meet human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs; and
professional corpsprograms described in section 12572(c)(1)(D) of this title.
(3) Additional priorityIn making a competitive distribution of funds under section 12581(d) of this title, the Corporation may give priority consideration to a national service program that is—
(4) Review panelThe Corporation shall—
(e) Emphasis on areas most in needIn making assistance available under section 12571 of this title and in providing approved national service positions under section 12573 of this title, the Corporation shall ensure that not less than 50 percent of the total amount of assistance to be distributed to States under subsections (d) and (e) of section 12581 of this title for a fiscal year is provided to carry out or support national service programs and projects that—
are conducted in any of the areas described in subsection (c)(6) or on Federal or other public lands, to address unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs in such areas or on such lands; and
(f) Views of State Commission
In making competitive awards under section 12581(d) of this title, the Corporation shall solicit and consider the views of a State Commission regarding any application for assistance to carry out a national service program within the State.
(g) Rejection of State applications
(1) Notification of State applicants
If the Corporation rejects an application submitted by a State Commission under section 12582 of this title for funds described in section 12581(e) of this title, the Corporation shall promptly notify the State Commission of the reasons for the rejection of the application.
(2) Resubmission and reconsideration
The Corporation shall provide a State Commission notified under paragraph (1) with a reasonable opportunity to revise and resubmit the application. At the request of the State Commission, the Corporation shall provide technical assistance to the State Commission as part of the resubmission process. The Corporation shall promptly reconsider an application resubmitted under this paragraph.
The amount of any State’s allotment under section 12581(e) of this title for a fiscal year that the Corporation determines will not be provided for that fiscal year shall be available for distribution by the Corporation as provided in section 12581(f) of this title.
(Pub. L. 101–610, title I, § 133, as added Pub. L. 103–82, title I, § 101(b), Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 805; amended Pub. L. 111–13, title I, § 1311, Apr. 21, 2009, 123 Stat. 1509.)
A prior section 133 of Pub. L. 101–610 was renumbered section 199K and is classified to section 12655l of this title.
2009—Subsec. (b)(2)(B). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1311(1), struck out “jobs or” before “positions”.
Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1311(2)(A)(i), substituted “subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 12572” for “section 12572(a)” and “section 12581(d)” for “section 12581(d)(2)” in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (d)(2)(A) to (G). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1311(2)(A)(ii), added subpars. (A) to (C) and struck out former subpars. (A) to (G), which set forth programs the Corporation could include in designating national service programs to receive priority.
Subsec. (d)(3). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1311(2)(B), substituted “section 12581(d)” for “section 12581(d)(2)” in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1311(3), substituted “subsections (d) and (e) of section 12581” for “subsections (a) and (d)(1) of section 12581” in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1311(6), added subsec. (f). Former subsec. (f) redesignated (g).
Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1311(4)(A), substituted “section 12581(e)” for “section 12581(a)(1)”.
Subsec. (f)(3). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1311(4)(B), substituted “section 12581(e)” for “section 12581(a)” and “section 12581(f) of this title” for “paragraph (3) of such subsection”.
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 111–13, § 1311(5), redesignated subsec. (f) as (g).