NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS, OPERATING EXPENSES

INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW

National service is one of the investment priorities in the Administration's budget for fiscal year 1995. The total budget for the Corporation for National and Community Service is $850.4 million, an increase of $275.3 million above amounts available in FY 1994. This request closely tracks the authorizing legislation enacted last year, and represents the amounts necessary to build upon the important work begun in fiscal year 1994. A separate request provides $1 million for the Office of the Inspector General.

Specifically, the fiscal year 1995 budget will:

Address the nation's unmet education, public safety, human,
environmental needs through service opportunities.

and

Support existing programs and those begun in FY 1994, as well as start new initiatives, to encourage citizens to engage in full-time or part-time national and community service.

Enable 33,000 AmeriCorps participants to serve on a full-time basis, or the equivalent on a part-time basis, and to receive an educational award of $4,725 upon successful completion of service.

Enable elementary, high school, and college students to participate in service-learning programs designed to address the needs of local

communities.

Enable seniors to serve in over 1,200 programs addressing community needs.

Support innovation, demonstration programs, training, capacity building, evaluation, and other activities necessary to assure high quality, effective programs and service opportunities.

Continue to build a fiscally sound administrative structure for these new programs in keeping with the principles outlined in the National Performance Review.

of the $850.4 million, we are requesting $610.4 million for activities authorized under the National and Community Service Act and under the jurisdiction of the VA/HUD subcommittee. This represents an increase of $240.4 million above the level available this year.

The budget by program is as follows:

National Service Trust: $155.9 million, to provide 33,000 participants with educational awards upon successful completion of service.

AmeriCorps Grants: $262.1 million, to support approximately 33,000 full-time equivalent participants getting things done in local communities. AmeriCorps grants is the largest component of AmeriCorps, which includes VISTA and the National Civilian Community Corps.

Innovation, Assistance, and Other Activities: $75 million, to support innovative programs and the technical assistance necessary to carry out effective, expanding programs in communities across the country.

Audits and Evaluations: $7 million, to support audit and evaluation

National Civilian Community Corps: $21 million, to continue the operation of four residential service programs for approximately 1,000 participants.

Service Learning Programs/Higher Education: $55 million, to support service learning programs, both school- and community-based, as well as to support higher education programs across the country.

Program Administration: $29.4 million, to support the expanded responsibilities of the State Commissions and to cover costs associated with the administration of the Corporation. In general, the Corporation will operate an expanded program with no additional staff in fiscal year 1995.

Points of Light Foundation: $5 million, the same as the prior year, to support the operations of the Points of Light organization, as provided for in the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993.

In addition to the above amounts requested for programs authorized under the National and Community Service Act, the Corporation's budget includes $1 million for the Office of the Inspector General, also under the jurisdiction of the VA/HUD Appropriations Subcommittee.

NATIONAL (SERVICE INITIATIVE] AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS,
OPERATING EXPENSES

((INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)]

FY 1995 APPROPRIATION LANGUAGE

Provided

For necessary expenses for the Corporation for National and Community Service in carrying out the programs, activities, and initiatives under the National and Community Service Act of 1990, as amended (Public Law 10382) (hereinafter referred to as "the Act"), [$370,000,000] $610,400,000, to remain available until September 30, (1995, except as provided hereafter: Provided, That not more than $25,000,000 is available for administrative expenses authorized under section 501 (1) (4) of the Act, of which not more than $11,000,000 shall be for administrative expenses for State commissions pursuant to section 126(a) of subtitle C of title I of the Act: further, That] 1996, of which not more than $2,500 shall be for official reception and representation expenses and of which, not more than [$94,500,000] $155,900,000, to remain available without fiscal year limitation, shall be transferred to the National Service Trust Fund for educational awards as authorized under subtitle D of title I of the Act[: Provided further, That not more than $9,450,000 of the $94,500,000 made available for the National Service Trust Fund shall be for educational awards authorized under section 129 (b) of subtitle C of title I of the Act: Provided further, That not more than $5,000,000 is available for the Points of Light Foundation as authorized under title III of the Act: Provided further, That not more than $15,000,000 shall be for activities under subtitle H of title I of the Act).

(Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994.)