Corporation for National and Community Service 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Corporation for National and Community Service (operating as AmeriCorps) is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on October 29, 2024. These corrections do not include any substantive changes to the final rule. The final rule adopted the Federal Policy for Protection of Human Subjects (referred to as the Common Rule).

The Corporation for National and Community Service, operating as AmeriCorps, has submitted a public information collection request (ICR) entitled Employees of National Service Form and Survey for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act.

The Corporation for National and Community Service (operating as AmeriCorps) is revising its regulations governing AmeriCorps Seniors programs. This rule removes barriers to service for individuals and increases flexibility for grantees to accomplish project goals and recruit volunteers. Specifically, this rule removes barriers for individuals to serve as AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers in three ways: first, by modernizing what is considered income in the calculation that determines eligibility to receive a stipend; second, by allowing volunteers to continue to receive a stipend when their sponsor places them on administrative leave due to extenuating circumstances that prevent service; and third, by allowing grantees to supplement stipends. This rule reduces burden for AmeriCorps Seniors grantees in two ways: first, it establishes a single 10 percent match value regardless of grant year. Second, this rule allows grantees to choose to pay more than (but not less than) the AmeriCorps-established stipend rates, using non-AmeriCorps funds for the amount that exceeds the AmeriCorps-established rate. These changes will improve grantees' ability to recruit volunteers and allow grantees to devote to program operations resources that would otherwise be devoted to meet increasingly high match requirements. The rule also updates nomenclature to reflect that the Corporation for National and Community Service operates as AmeriCorps and that "Senior Corps" is now known as "AmeriCorps Seniors."

The Corporation for National and Community Service (operating as AmeriCorps) is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on May 28, 2024. These corrections do not include any substantive changes to the final rule. The final rule updated regulations governing the AmeriCorps State and National program to provide programmatic and grantmaking flexibilities while protecting program integrity and safeguarding taxpayer funds.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Corporation for National and Community Service (operating as AmeriCorps) is proposing to renew an information collection.

The Corporation for National and Community Service, operating as AmeriCorps, has submitted a public information collection request (ICR) entitled Member Exit Survey for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act.

The Corporation for National and Community Service, operating as AmeriCorps, has submitted a public information collection request (ICR) entitled Generic Clearance for the Collection of Pilot and Test Data for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Corporation for National and Community Service (operating as AmeriCorps) is proposing to renew an information collection.

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility of the Corporation for National and Community Service (operating as AmeriCorps) is issuing a public notice of its intent to modify a system of records, Discrimination Complaint Files-Corporation-10, which will be renamed "CNCS-10-CEO-CRCM-Civil Rights Case Management System of Records." The Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility maintains CNCS-10-CEO-CRCM-Civil Rights Case Management System, which contains program discrimination complaints alleging unlawful discrimination under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, arising within programs or activities conducted or assisted by AmeriCorps. The revisions update the system name, authority of the system, purpose of the system, addresses of the system location, system managers, the categories of records in the system, the categories of individuals in the system, the routine uses of the records, the safeguards, retention and disposal, notification procedures, records access procedures, notification procedures, and contesting record procedures.

The Corporation for National and Community Service, operating as AmeriCorps, has submitted a public information collection request (ICR) entitled Disaster Response Cooperative Agreements for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Corporation for National and Community Service (operating as AmeriCorps) is proposing a new information collection.

The Corporation for National and Community Service, operating as AmeriCorps, has submitted a public information collection request (ICR) entitled AmeriCorps Seniors Programs COVID Effects Evaluation for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act.

The Corporation for National and Community Service (operating as AmeriCorps) proposes to revise its regulations governing AmeriCorps Seniors programs. This proposed rule would remove barriers to service for individuals and increase flexibility for sponsors to determine the best mix of staffing and resources to accomplish project goals. Specifically, this proposed rule would remove barriers for individuals to serve as AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers in three ways: first, by limiting what is considered income in the calculation that determines eligibility to receive a stipend; second, by allowing volunteers to continue to receive a stipend when their sponsor places them on administrative leave due to extenuating circumstances that prevent service; and third, by allowing sponsors to supplement stipends. This proposed rule would increase flexibility for AmeriCorps Seniors sponsors in three ways: first, by removing the prescriptive requirement for them to employ a full-time project director; second, by establishing a single 10 percent match value regardless of grant year; and third, by allowing sponsors to choose to pay more than (but not less than) the AmeriCorps-established stipend rates using non- AmeriCorps funds for the amount exceeding the AmeriCorps-established rate. These proposed changes would allow sponsors to determine the best staffing and volunteer mix to support projects and how to devote resources that would otherwise be devoted to meet increasingly high match requirements. This proposed rule would also update nomenclature to reflect that the Corporation for National and Community Service operates as AmeriCorps and that ``Senior Corps'' is now known as ``AmeriCorps Seniors.''

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Corporation for National and Community Service (operating as AmeriCorps) is proposing to reinstate and revise an information collection.

The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), which operates as AmeriCorps, is finalizing a rule to provide general information to the public about its structure and purpose, as required by the Administrative Procedure Act. While AmeriCorps already provides information about its organizational structure on its public-facing website (americorps.gov), this rule would comply with the statutory requirement that agencies publish in the Federal Register their descriptions of organization. This rule will also increase transparency regarding AmeriCorps' operations by mapping out its existing program regulations, thereby providing an overview of the Agency's programs.

The Corporation for National and Community Service, which operates as AmeriCorps, is updating its regulations to reflect required annual inflation-related increases to the civil monetary penalties under the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (Act) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance.