VOLUNTEERING AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SERVE AMERICA ACT

The Serve America Act is this decade's version of legislating volunteering. The authors highlight the main points of the Act, as well as offer their conclusions of its feasibility. The implementation of the Act is through the Corporation for National and Community Service under the direction of...

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Published in:Career Planning and Adult Development Journal 2010-10, Vol.26 (3), p.17
Main Authors: Mawdsley, Ralph D, Mawdsley, James L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attendance
Bids
Chief executive officers
Citizenship Responsibility
Community Organizations
Community Relations
Community service
Compulsory Education
Education
Educational Improvement
Elementary school students
Ethnic Groups
Feasibility studies
Federal legislation
Freedom
Geographic Location
Government
Grants
Incentives
Knowledge Economy
Learning
Limited English Speaking
National service
Nonprofit organizations
Opportunities
Out of School Youth
Resource Allocation
Secondary school students
Secondary Schools
Service Learning
Social entrepreneurship
Students
Tribes
Volunteers
Workers Compensation
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Summary:The Serve America Act is this decade's version of legislating volunteering. The authors highlight the main points of the Act, as well as offer their conclusions of its feasibility. The implementation of the Act is through the Corporation for National and Community Service under the direction of a CEO appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate [42 U.S.C. § 12651 c(a)]. This CEO has the broad authority to prescribe such rules and regulations as are necessary or appropriate to carry out the national service laws [42 U.S.C. § 12651 c(c)]. The funding of grants is based on a shared participation among federal, state, and local contributions. The Act is a jumble of good intentions. While its purpose of assisting disadvantaged students is a noble one, nothing in the Act assures that the proposed incentives for voluntarism will become systemic nor that the changes effected will be systematic.
ISSN:0736-1920