PART 2510—OVERALL PURPOSES AND DEFINITIONS Authority: 42 U.S.C. 12511. § 2510.10 What are the purposes of the programs and activities of the Corporation for National and Community Service? The National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993 established the Corporation for National and Community Service (the Corporation). The Corporation's mission is to engage Americans of all ages and backgrounds in community-based service. This service will address the Nations educational, public safety, human, and environmental needs to achieve direct and demonstrable results. In doing so, the Corporation will foster civic responsibility, strengthen the ties that bind us together as a people, and provide educational opportunity for those who make a substantial commitment to service. The Corporation will undertake activities and provide assistance to States and other eligible entities to support national and community service programs and to achieve other purposes consistent with its mission. [59 FR 13783, Mar. 23, 1994] § 2510.20 Definitions. The following definitions apply to terms used in 45 CFR parts 2510 through 2550: Act. Act et seq. Administrative costs. administrative costs (1) For organizations that have an established indirect cost rate for Federal awards, administrative costs mean those costs that are included in the organization's indirect cost rate. Such costs are generally identified with the organization's overall operation and are further described in 2 CFR part 200. (2) For organizations that do not have an established indirect cost rate for Federal awards, administrative costs include: (i) Costs for financial, accounting, auditing, contracting, or general legal services except in unusual cases when they are specifically approved in writing by the Corporation as program costs. (ii) Costs for internal evaluation, including overall organizational management improvement costs (except for independent evaluations and internal evaluations of a program or project). (iii) Costs for general liability insurance that protects the organization(s) responsible for operating a program or project, other than insurance costs solely attributable to a program or project. Adult Volunteer. adult volunteer (i) Works without financial remuneration in an educational institution to assist students of out-of-school youth; and (2) Is beyond the age of compulsory school attendance in the State in which the educational institution is located. AmeriCorps. AmeriCorps AmeriCorps educational award. AmeriCorps educational award AmeriCorps participant. AmeriCorps participant (1) An AmeriCorps program; (2) An approved AmeriCorps position; or (3) Both. AmeriCorps program. AmeriCorps program (1) Any program that receives approved AmeriCorps positions; (2) Any program that receives Corporation funds under section 121 of the Act; or (3) Both. Approved AmeriCorps position. approved AmeriCorps position Approved Silver Scholar position. approved Silver Scholar position Approved Summer of Service position. approved Summer of Service position Carry out. carry out, Chief Executive Officer. Chief Executive Officer, Children. children Community-based agency. community-based agency (1) Is representative of a community or a significant segment of a community; and (2) Is engaged in meeting educational, public safety, human, or environmental community needs. Community-based entity. (1) Has experience with meeting unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs; and (2) Meets other such criteria as the Chief Executive Officer may establish. Corporation. Corporation Economically disadvantaged. economically disadvantaged, Elementary school. elementary school Empowerment zone. empowerment zone Grantmaking entity. grantmaking entity (i) Submits an application to make grants for school-based service-learning programs in two or more States; and (ii) Was in existence at least one year before the date on which the organization submitted the application. (2) For community-based programs, the term grantmaking entity (i) Submits an application to make grants to qualified organizations to implement, operate, expand, or replicate community-based service programs that provide for educational, public safety, human, or environmental service by school-age youth in two or more States; and (ii) Was in existence at least one year before the date on which the organization submitted the application. Higher Education partnerships. higher education partnership Indian. Indian Indian lands. Indian lands Indian tribe. Indian tribe (1) An Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community that is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States under Federal law to Indians because of their status as Indians, including— (i) Any Native village, as defined in section 3(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602(c)), whether organized traditionally or pursuant to the Act of June 18, 1934 (commonly known as the “Indian Reorganization Act”, 25 U.S.C. 461 et seq. (ii) Any Regional Corporation or Village Corporation, as defined in subsection (g) or (j), respectively, of section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602 (g) or (j)); and (2) Any tribal organization controlled, sanctioned, or chartered by an entity described in paragraph (1) of this definition. Individual with a disability. individual with a disability Infrastructure-building activities. infrastructure-building activities Institution of higher education. institution of higher education Local educational agency (LEA). local educational agency Local partnership. local partnership National nonprofit. national nonprofit National service laws. national service laws et seq. Objective. objective Out-of-school youth. out-of-school youth (1) Has not attained the age of 27; (2) Has not completed college or its equivalent; and (3) Is not enrolled in an elementary or secondary school or institution of higher education. Participant. participant (2) A participant may not be considered to be an employee of the program in which the participant is enrolled. (3) A participant may also be referred to by the term member. Partnership. partnership Partnership program. partnership program Program. et seq. Program costs. program costs (1) Costs attributable to participants, including: living allowances, insurance payments, and expenses for training and travel. (2) Costs (including salary, benefits, training, travel) attributable to staff who recruit, train, place, support, coordinate, or supervise participants, or who develop materials used in such activities. (3) Costs for independent evaluations and internal evaluations to the extent that the evaluations cover only the funded program or project. (4) Costs, excluding those already covered in an organization's indirect cost rate, attributable to staff that work in a direct program or project support, operational, or oversight capacity, including, but not limited to: support staff whose functions directly support program or project activities; staff who coordinate and facilitate single or multi-site program and project activities; and staff who review, disseminate and implement Corporation guidance and policies directly relating to a program or project. (5) Space, facility, and communications costs for program or project operations and other costs that primarily support program or project operations, excluding those costs that are already covered by an organization's indirect cost rate. (6) Other allowable costs, excluding those costs that are already covered by an organization's indirect cost rate, specifically approved by the Corporation as directly attributable to a program or project. Program sponsor. program sponsor Project. project Project sponsor. project sponsor Qualified individual with a disability. qualified individual with a disability Qualified organization. qualified organization (1) Has experience in working with school-age youth; and (2) Was in existence at least one year before the date on which the organization submitted an application for a service-learning program. Recognized equivalent of a high-school diploma. recognized equivalent of a high-school diploma (1) A General Education Development Certificate (GED); (2) A State certificate received by a student after the student has passed a State-authorized examination that the State recognizes as the equivalent of a high-school diploma; (3) An academic transcript of a student who has successfully completed at least a two-year program that is acceptable for full credit toward a bachelor's degree; or (4) For a person who is seeking enrollment in an educational program that leads to at least an associate degree or its equivalent and who has not completed high-school but who excelled academically in high-school, documentation that the student excelled academically in high-school and has met the formalized, written policies of the institution for admitting such students. Recurring access. recurring access School-age youth. school-age youth (1) Individuals between the ages of 5 and 17, inclusive; and (2) Children with disabilities, as defined in section 602(a)(1) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401(a)(1)), who receive services under part B of that Act. Secondary school. secondary school Service-learning. service-learning (1) Is conducted in and meets the needs of a community; (2) Is coordinated with an elementary school, secondary school, institution of higher education, or community service program, and with the community; (3) Helps foster civic responsibility; (4) Is integrated into and enhances the academic curriculum of the students or the educational components of the community service program in which the participants are enrolled; and (5) Includes structured time for the students and participants to reflect on the service experience. Service-learning coordinator. service-learning coordinator State. State State Commission. State Commission State educational agency (SEA). State educational agency Student. student Subdivision of a State. subdivision of a State Subtitle C program. subtitle C program et seq. Target community. target community U.S. Territory. U.S. Territory [59 FR 13783, Mar. 23, 1994, as amended at 63 FR 18137, Apr. 14, 1998; 67 FR 45359, July 9, 2002; 70 FR 39596, July 8, 2005; 72 FR 48581, Aug. 24, 2007; 73 FR 53759, Sept. 17, 2008; 74 FR 46502, Sept. 10, 2009; 75 FR 51409, Aug. 20, 2010; 77 FR 60931, Oct. 5, 2012; 79 FR 76077, Dec. 19, 2014]