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[CITE: 42USC12575]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
               CHAPTER 129--NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
 
    SUBCHAPTER I--NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE STATE GRANT PROGRAM
 
               Division C--National Service Trust Program
 
                 Part I--Investment in National Service
 
Sec. 12575. Training and technical assistance


(a) Training programs

    The Corporation may conduct, directly or by grant or contract, 
appropriate training programs regarding national service in order to--
        (1) improve the ability of national service programs assisted 
    under section 12571 of this title to meet human, educational, 
    environmental, or public safety needs in communities--
            (A) where services are needed most; and
            (B) where programs do not exist, or are too limited to meet 
        community needs, as of the date on which the Corporation makes 
        the grant or enters into the contract;

        (2) promote leadership development in such programs;
        (3) improve the instructional and programmatic quality of such 
    programs to build an ethic of civic responsibility;
        (4) develop the management and budgetary skills of program 
    operators;
        (5) provide for or improve the training provided to the 
    participants in such programs; and
        (6) encourage national service programs to adhere to risk 
    management procedures, including the training of participants in 
    appropriate risk management practices.

(b) Technical assistance

    To the extent appropriate and necessary, the Corporation shall make 
technical assistance available to States, Indian tribes, labor 
organizations, organizations operated by young adults, organizations 
serving economically disadvantaged individuals, and other entities 
described in section 12571 of this title that desire--
        (1) to develop national service programs; or
        (2) to apply for assistance under such section or under a grant 
    program conducted using assistance provided under such section.

(Pub. L. 101-610, title I, Sec. 125, as added Pub. L. 103-82, title I, 
Sec. 101(b), Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 795.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 12575, Pub. L. 101-610, title I, Sec. 145, Nov. 16, 
1990, 104 Stat. 3153; Pub. L. 102-10, Sec. 6(a), Mar. 12, 1991, 105 
Stat. 31, related to eligibility for part-time, full-time, and special 
senior service in national and community service program, prior to the 
general amendment of subtitle D of title I of Pub. L. 101-610 [former 
part D of this subchapter] by Pub. L. 103-82, Sec. 102(a).
    A prior section 125 of Pub. L. 101-610 was renumbered section 199E, 
and is classified to section 12655d of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 12581, 12681 of this title.
