Summary: Assistance to Individuals Delivering for America Act of 2009 or the AID for America Act of 2009- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business tax credit for 50 percent of the wages paid to employees serving as disaster relief volunteers. Limits the amount of such credit to $100 per day per employee.

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Summary: Supporting Emergency Responders Volunteer Efforts Act of 2009 or the SERVE Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a $1,000 refundable tax credit for individuals who are bona fide volunteer members of a qualified volunteer emergency response organization who provide firefighting and prevention services, emergency medical services, and ambulance services.

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Summary: Veterans Nonprofit Research and Education Corporations Enhancement Act of 2009 - (Sec. 2) Amends federal provisions concerning the establishment at Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facilities of nonprofit research and education corporations (NRECs) to allow an NREC to facilitate the conduct of research or education, or both, at more than one VA medical center. States that such an NREC shall be known as a multi-medical center research corporation (MCRC). Allows an NREC to act as a MCRC if: (1) the NREC board of directors approve a resolution permitting that NREC to act as a MCRC; and (2) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs approves the resolution. Requires each NREC and MCRC (corporation) to be established in accordance with the nonprofit corporation laws of the state in which the VA medical center which it supports is located. States that neither such corporation shall be considered to be owned by, or an agent or instrumentality of, the United States. (Sec. 3) Restates the purposes of the corporations, including with respect to their role in: (1) providing a flexible funding mechanism; and (2) residencies or similar programs. (Sec. 4) Modifies the composition of corporation boards of directors. Revises requirements concerning non-VA members of boards of directors of NRECs and MCRCs to: (1) state a minimum number who are not officers or employees of the federal government; and (2) expand the required areas of experience or expertise. Allows a corporation executive director to be an employee of the VA. Removes financial relationship restrictions from conflict of interest standards applicable to directors. (Sec. 5) Increases authorized corporate powers of the corporations to include entering into contracts and setting fees for education and training facilitated through a corporation. (Sec. 7) Revises annual report procedures to modify the thresholds for the obtaining of audits and require submission of an Internal Revenue Service return form applicable to organizations exempt from income tax. Revises conflict of interest policies applicable to directors, officers, and employees of a corporation to apply the policy adopted by the corporation (under current law, they are subject to federal laws and regulations applicable to federal employees). Revises requirements for a report to Congress to increase the threshold for providing information identifying payees of the corporation.

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Summary: Prohibits making any criminal penalty apply for refusing or willfully neglecting to answer questions (except with respect to the respondent's name and contact information, the date of the response, and the number of people living or staying at the address) in connection with the American Community Survey conducted by the Secretary of Commerce.

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Summary: Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions allowing a tax exclusion for benefits paid to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical providers by states and local government by: (1) increasing the amount of benefits excludible; and (2) extending such tax exclusion through 2013.

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Summary: Groundwork USA Trust Act of 2010 - Establishes the Groundwork USA Trust Program. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Groundwork USA national office, to award grants to eligible nonprofit organizations to: (1) provide training, research, and technical assistance to individuals and organizations to facilitate the inventory of brownfield sites, site assessments, remediation of brownfield sites, community involvement, or site preparation; (2) reclaim vacant and derelict lands for conservation, recreation, and economic development; (3) clean up and care for neglected areas; (4) return brownfields to economically productive use; (5) integrate environmental education, food security, health and fitness, resource management, and job training; (6) encourage businesses, local governments, nonprofits, and communities to work together for sustainable environmental care and enhancement; (7) support businesses, local governments, nonprofits, and communities in efforts to improve their local environment; (8) acquire real property and buildings to rehabilitate and improve upon for the local community and perform maintenance on such property and buildings; and (9) develop programs that encourage regional and national partnering with other environmental organizations. Limits the maximum amount for a grant award under the program to $400,000 for any fiscal year. Requires annual reporting by grant recipients.

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Summary: Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act or the STOP Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise and expand the program to reduce underage drinking by: (1) expressing the sense of Congress that the age-21 minimum drinking law has been an effective public health and safety policy and has reduced drinking and driving traffic fatalities; (2) expanding the national media campaign to prevent underage drinking; (3) authorizing the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, in coordination with the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, to make supplemental grants to eligible entities to enhance collaboration between communities and institutions of higher education to prevent and reduce underage alcohol use; (4) requiring the Administrator to make grants to professional pediatric provider organizations to increase effective practices, including the screening of children and adolescents for alcohol use, to reduce the prevalence of alcohol use among individuals under the age of 21, including college students; (5) expanding data collection and research activites with respect to underage drinking; and (6) requiring the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a review of the research on the influence of drinking alcohol on adolescent brain development and the public policy implications of such research.

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Summary: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain support organizations for tax-exempt teaching hospitals to acquire debt secured by income-producing real property used to provide financial support for such hospitals.

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Summary: Green-Collar Youth Jobs, Education, and Training Stimulus Act - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Labor to expand the Job Corps program to: (1) establish a Green Job Corps program that provides for the development of academic skills and paid jobs in green-collar industries to create a corps of energy- and environmentally-conscious consumers; and (2) award YouthBuild Build Green Grants and Green-Collar Youth Opportunity Grants to eligible entities and organizations to provide eligible youth with education, jobs, and training in green-collar industries, including the weatherization and energy retrofitting of low-income homes and buildings.

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Summary: Serve America Act - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (NCSA) and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (DVSA) to revise their programs and reauthorize appropriations for them through FY2014. Title I: Amendments to National and Community Service Act of 1990 - Revises under the NCSA: (1) the School-Based and Community-Based Service-Learning programs and Higher Education Innovative Programs for Community Service, also known as Learn and Serve programs; (2) National Service Trust programs, also known as AmeriCorps; (3) the Civilian Community Corps Demonstration program; and (4) the Investment for Quality and Innovation program. Subtitle A: Amendments to Subtitle A (General Provisions) - (Sec. 1101) Adds to NCSA purposes: (1) providing year-round opportunities in service-learning; (2) involving program participants in emergency and disaster preparedness, relief, and recovery; (3) increasing service opportunities for retiring professionals; (4) encouraging service by individuals age 55 or older and continued service by national service alumni; (5) focusing national service on the areas of national need such service has the capacity to address; (6) assisting social entrepreneurs and nonprofit community organizations in addressing national and local challenges; (7) leveraging federal investments to increase other public and private resources directed toward such challenges; and (8) supporting institutions of higher education (IHEs) that engage students in service-learning. (Sec. 1102) Adds definitions of Alaska Native-serving institutions, approved silver scholar positions, approved summer of service positions, Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institutions, authorizing committees, community-based entities, disadvantaged youth, Hispanic-serving institutions, historically Black colleges or universities, medically underserved populations, Native American-serving, nontribal institutions, Native Hawaiian-serving institutions, predominantly Black Institutions, principles of scientific research, qualified organizations, scientifically valid research, territories, tribally controlled colleges or universities, and veterans. Subtitle B: Amendments to Subtitle B (Learn and Serve America) - (Sec. 1201) Revises the School-Based programs for elementary and secondary school students (part of the Learn and Serve programs) to eliminate the current competitive grant portion of such programs. Requires the Corporation for National and Community Service (Corporation) to allocate appropriated funds to states, after reserving from 2% to 3% for Indian tribes and territories, pursuant to a formula that takes into account a state's share of school age youth and funds received under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA). Sets a minimum grant of $75,000 per state for School-Based programs when fiscal year appropriations for the School-Based programs exceed $50 million. Authorizes grants to be used for the development of civic engagement programs dealing with our nation's history and government. Limits the Corporation's share of costs for new School-Based programs to 80% for their first year, 65% for their second year, and 50% thereafter. Permits certain schools receiving funds under ESEA title I to use such funds to cover their share of program costs. Eliminates the current Community-Based Learn and Serve programs. (Sec. 1202) Revises the Higher Education Innovative programs (part of the Learn and Serve programs) that award grants to IHEs and partnerships of IHEs and nonprofit organizations for the provision of community service-learning opportunities to postsecondary school students. Allows the use of grant funds for the inclusion of service-learning as a key component not only of preservice teacher education, but also of education in other fields, such as medicine, criminal justice, or public policy. Directs the Corporation, to the extent practicable, to give special consideration to applications submitted by, or partnerships that include, IHEs serving primarily low-income populations, including predominantly Black institutions, historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, tribally controlled colleges and universities, Native American-serving, nontribal institutions, Alaska Native-serving institutions, Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institutions, Native Hawaiian-serving institutions, and community colleges serving predominantly minority populations. Requires that grantee IHEs meet the minimum requirement set by the Higher Education Act of 1965 regarding the participation of federal work-study students in community service activities. Establishes a Campuses of Service program under which the Corporation annually designates up to 25 IHEs, from among institutions nominated by State Commissions on National and Community Service (State Commissions), as recipients of funding to develop exemplary service-learning programs or disseminate them to other IHEs. (Sec. 1203) Establishes a new Learn and Serve program, Innovative Community-Based Service-Learning Programs and Research, providing grants to states, nonprofit organizations, territories, Indian tribes, IHEs, elementary or secondary schools, and local educational agencies (LEAs) to: (1) provide community service-learning opportunities to elementary and secondary, college, and graduate students; and (2) research and evaluate service-learning. Includes among allowable grant activities: (1) integrating service-learning programs into science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) curricula; (2) service-learning programs focused on energy conservation, emergency and disaster preparedness, and improving access to computers and other emerging technologies; and (3) involving high school age youth in the mentoring of middle school students. Authorizes new Summer of Service programs under which students who will be entering grades 6 through 12 at the end of the summer and complete 100 hours of community-based service learning summer projects become eligible for an educational award of up to $500 from funds deposited in the National Service Trust. Allows participants to earn a maximum of two summer of service educational awards. Authorizes new Youth Engagement Zone programs under which partnerships between community-based agencies, states, and LEAs that serve a high number or percentage of disadvantaged students engage students and out-of-school youth in service-learning addressing specific community challenges. Authorizes new Semester of Service programs that allow secondary school students, including a large number or percentage of disadvantaged students, to earn academic credit for a semester of coordinated school-based or community-based service-learning that totals at least 70 hours and addresses specific community challenges. Requires participants to spend at least a third of such time participating in field-based activities. Gives funding priority to programs that: (1) involve students and community stakeholders in their design and implementation; (2) operate in low-income or rural communities; and (3) utilize adult volunteers, including retired or retiring adults. Directs the Corporation to contract for a 10-year longitudinal study into the effect Learn and Serve programs have on participants' academic performance and commitment to public service. Requires the results of such study to be reported to Congress and made available to the public. Subtitle C: Amendments to Subtitle C (National Service Trust Program) - (Sec. 1301) Revises the National Service Trust (AmeriCorps) program to: (1) include territories as eligible grant recipients; (2) prohibit grants to federal agencies; and (3) require grant recipients to report any non-Corporation federal funding for their program. Directs the Corporation to develop and, subject to the availability of appropriations, implement a plan to establish the number of approved national service positions as 88,000 for FY2010, and increase them to 115,000 for FY2011, 140,000 for FY2012, 170,000 for FY2013, 200,000 for FY2014, 210,000 for FY2015, 235,000 for FY2016, and 250,000 for FY2017. (Sec. 1302) : Requires Americorps grant recipients and federal agencies operating or supporting national service programs to devote a portion of their funding to operating or supporting: (1) an Education Corps to address unmet educational needs; (2) a Healthy Futures Corps to address unmet health needs; (3) a Clean Energy Service Corps to address unmet environmental needs; (4) a Veterans Corps to address the unmet needs of veterans and members of the Armed Forces who are on active duty; or (5) an Opportunity Corps to address the unmet needs of economically disadvantaged individuals. Sets forth authorized Americorps programs, including those that: (1) meet the development needs of rural communities; (2) engage citizens in public safety, health, and emergency preparedness services; (3) expand the number of mentors for disadvantaged and other youths; (4) provide life skills training, employment training, educational assistance, counseling, or a mentoring relationship with an adult volunteer to individuals who are mostly disadvantaged youth; and (5) reduce recidivism by re-engaging court-involved youth and adults. Authorizes AmeriCorps grantees to implement program models that include: (1) community corps programs that promote community unity through the use of organized teams that include participants with diverse backgrounds and abilities; (2) service programs that recruit individuals with special skills or provide participants with specialized preservice training; (3) campus based programs involving postsecondary school students; and (4) professional corps programs that recruit professionals for service positions that include salaries that are covered by public or private employers and may exceed the maximum living allowance. Requires AmeriCorps programs to meet or exceed specified performance indicators. Requires national service programs that provide tutoring to elementary and secondary school students to: (1) certify that tutors have obtained their high school diploma and successfully completed pre- and in-service tutor training; and (2) offer high quality curricula that meet state academic content standards. Requires national service programs that promote citizenship and civic engagement to meet guidelines, to be established by the Corporation, that are consistent with the principles on which the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' citizenship programs are based. (Sec. 1303) Allows the Corporation to approve programs carried out by territories as national service programs that include education awards. (Sec. 1305) Increases the minimum and maximum grant the Corporation may make to states to operate State Commissions. Requires states to match such grants at least dollar-for-dollar, though the Corporation may allow certain alternative matches where a state demonstrates hardship or a new State Commission. Requires challenge grants for national service programs to be completely matched by private funds for an initial three-year grant period and matched by private amounts that are twice the grant amount thereafter. Allows the Corporation to permit the use of state or local funds as matching funds if private funds are unavailable. (Sec. 1306) Requires 62.7% the AmeriCorps funds allocated by the Corporation to be for competitive grants to states and national nonprofit organizations, 35.3% for state formula grants, at least 1% for Indian tribes, and 1% for territories. Establish a minimum state formula grant of $600,000 or 0.5% of the amount allocated for formula grants, whichever is greater. Allows the Corporation to provide fixed-amount grants to national service programs. Requires such grants to be significantly less than the reasonable and necessary costs of administering the national service programs receiving them. (Sec. 1307) Establishes the Educational Awards Only program, as part of the AmeriCorps program, allowing the Corporation to provide operational support, in the form of fixed-amount grants, to programs that have approved national service positions but do not otherwise receive AmeriCorps funds. Limits operational support to $600 per program participant, or $800 per participant for programs serving at least 50% disadvantaged youth. (Sec. 1308) Requires the Corporation to reject applications for national service projects that replicate projects that are already receiving assistance or are described in pending applications. (Sec. 1310) Authorizes the Corporation, in awarding competitive Americorps grants to states and national nonprofit organizations, to give priority to certain national service programs recruiting veterans into service opportunities that promote community-based efforts to meet the unique needs of military families. (Sec. 1312) Requires the Corporation to place special emphasis on disadvantaged youth when selecting individuals to receive national service leadership training. (Sec. 1313) Allows individuals performing national service in disaster relief to continue to serve for 90 days after their term of service would otherwise end. (Sec. 1314) Reduces the national service living allowance by the amount of the federal work study award provided to individuals during their national service. Subtitle D: Amendments to Subtitle D (National Service Trust and Provision of National Service Educational Awards) - (Sec. 1401) Permits the Corporation to use National Service Trust funds to pay for the new Summer of Service and Silver Scholar educational awards authorized under subtitle B and subtitle H of this Act, respectively. (Sec. 1402) Prohibits individuals from receiving a national service educational award from the Trust if they complete less than 15% of their required term of service. Limits an individual's receipt of such awards to the aggregate value of two national service educational awards for full time service; but excludes Summer of Service educational awards from such calculation. Gives Summer of Service participants ten years to use their educational awards for such service. Gives individuals to whom national service or Silver Scholar educational awards are transferred ten years to use such awards (transferors have seven years to use them). (Sec. 1403) Requires the Corporation, when making educational awards, to rely on certifications by the selecting and supervising entities that the individuals in the approved national service positions have successfully completed their required term of service. (Sec. 1404) Sets the national service educational awards for full-time AmeriCorps, National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC), and Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) participants at a level equal to the maximum available Pell Grant available to students under the Higher Education Act of 1965. (Sec. 1405) Permits the use of such awards to cover the costs of enrolling in educational institutions. Allows national service educational awards to be transferred to the children or grandchildren of award recipients who were 55 or older when they began their term of service. Subtitle E: Amendments to Subtitle E (National Civilian Community Corps) - (Sec. 1502) Renames the Civilian Community Corps Demonstration program as the National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) program. Permits the NCCC to operate nonresidential programs. (Sec. 1503) Makes individuals eligible for participation in the NCCC program (other than the summer program), if they will be at least 18 before the end of the calendar year in which they enroll, but are no more than 24 when they begin participating in the program. Requires the NCCC Director to take measures to increase the percentage of program participants who are disadvantaged youth toward 50% by 2012. (Sec. 1504) Requires, to the extent practicable, that at least 50% of the participants in the NCCC summer program are from economically and ethnically diverse backgrounds, including youth who are in foster care. (Sec. 1505) Permits the Director to select Corps members with prior supervisory or service experience to be team leaders within NCCC units. Requires assignment of units to campuses, rather than camps, which shall be headed by campus directors, rather than camp superintendents. Requires campus locations to be cost-effective (as determined by a feasibility study), and distributed in a manner that allows Corps units to be easily deployed for disaster and emergency response. (Sec. 1506) Requires the Director to ensure, to the extent practicable, that each NCCC participant receives training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), first aid, and other skills related to disaster preparedness and response. (Sec. 1507) Places a specific emphasis on NCCC projects that support infrastructure improvement, energy conservation, and urban and rural development. Specifies additional federal agencies required to develop NCCC project proposals. (Sec. 1509) Makes the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Corporation, rather than the NCCC Director, responsible for appointing a permanent cadre of NCCC supervisors and training instructors. Requires the CEO, in appointing members of the permanent cadre, to give consideration to retired and other former law enforcement, fire, rescue, and emergency personnel, and other individuals with backgrounds in disaster preparedness and recovery. Requires such cadre to receive training in working with disadvantaged youth. (Sec. 1513) Expands the NCCC Advisory Board to include the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Secretary of Transportation, the Chief of the United States Forest Service, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Secretary of Energy. Includes among the Board's activities helping to coordinate activities with the Corps, including disaster response activities. (Sec. 1514) Changes from annual to periodic the required evaluation of NCCC programs and subsequent report to Congress. Subtitle F: Amendments to Subtitle F (Administrative Provisions) - (Sec. 1603) Prohibits national service programs from existing solely to refer individuals to federal assistance programs or state assistance programs that receive federal funding. (Sec. 1604) Alters hearing and grievance procedures to: (1) allow the emergency suspension of national service assistance to grantees for up to three 30-day periods; and (2) require all grantees, not just states and localities, to establish grievance procedures. (Sec. 1605) Requires grantees that serve children to consult with parents when developing or operating their programs, and obtain written permission from parents when transporting minor children. (Sec. 1606) Adds to the duties of State Commissions in preparing national service plans for their states, to include such duties as developing measurable state goals and coordinating national service funding applications in the state. Requires states to develop comprehensive state service plans for volunteer service by adults age 55 or older. (Sec. 1607) Requires the Corporation to: (1) establish performance measures for national service grantees in consultation with such grantees; and (2) provide technical assistance to failing grantees who have received assistance for less than three years. Requires national service grantees to reach agreements with the Corporation on corrective action plans if they fail to achieve such measures. Provides for the reduction or termination of assistance to grantees who continue to fall short of performance standards after an agreed upon correction period. Allows the Corporation to reserve up to 1% of the total NCSA and DVSA program funds appropriated in a fiscal year for program accountability activities. (Sec. 1608) Directs the Corporation, in partnership with the National Conference on Citizenship, to select a set of civic health indicators to compose a Civic Health Index that enables states and communities to assess their civic health. Requires such partnership to: (1) evaluate and update the Index periodically; (2) issue a detailed report, at least annually, analyzing the civic health indicators which, to the extent practicable, include data on different demographic groups; and (3) arrange for the research and tracking of domestic and international volunteering. (Sec. 1611) Entitles the Inspector General of the Corporation to access to the records of national service program grantees relating to such assistance. (Sec. 1612) Requires the Corporation to consolidate or modify national service application procedures and reporting requirements. Authorizes the Corporation to: (1) set sustainability goals for national service programs which are in writing; and (2) provide technical assistance to program sponsors in acquiring and leveraging non-federal funds. Limits the Corporation's national service grants or agreements to three years, unless a different term is specifically authorized. Limits Corporation grants for national service programs to $18,000 per full-time national service position, with adjustments for inflation. Requires entities that select individuals for national service positions to run criminal background checks on such individuals. Prohibits sex offenders, murderers, and those who make false statements in connection with such background checks from serving. Subtitle G: Amendments to Subtitle G (Corporation for National and Community Service) - (Sec. 1701) Allows voting members of the Corporation's Board of Directors whose term expires to continue serving until their successor takes office, but no longer than one year after their term expires. (Sec. 1702) States that it is the Board's responsibility to set overall policy for the Corporation. Requires the Board to review the CEO's budget proposal in advance of its submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and review the CEO's performance annually. (Sec. 1703) Increases the compensation of the Corporation's CEO by 3%. (Sec. 1704) Requires the Corporation's CEO to: (1) submit a plan to the Board for reaching the goal of 50% full-time approved national service positions by 2012; (2) bolster public awareness of, and recruitment efforts for, the wide range of service opportunities for all citizens; (3) identify and implement recruitment methods that increase the diversity of national service participants and program sponsors; (4) identify and implement recruitment strategies and training programs for bilingual volunteers in the DVSA's National Senior Service Corps; and (5) obtain the opinions of peer reviewers in evaluating applications to the Corporation for assistance. Allows the CEO to solicit funds to support outreach and recruitment efforts. (Sec. 1705) Gives the CEO authority to appoint and determine the compensation of the Corporation's Chief Financial Officer. (Sec. 1706) Allows the Corporation to enter into personal services contracts for national service research, evaluation, and public awareness activities. (Sec. 1707) Allows the Corporation to solicit and accept the donation of services from individuals or organizations. (Sec. 1708) Allows the CEO to delegate programmatic functions to states in order to increase the efficiency or oversight of a national service program. (Sec. 1709) Directs the Corporation to study and report to Congress on the involvement of veterans in national service programs. (Sec. 1710) Requires the Corporation to study national service programs for displaced workers to identify how existing programs could better serve such workers and communities that have been adversely affected by plant closings and job losses, and then implement a pilot program based on the study's findings. (Sec. 1711) Directs the Corporation to study the feasibility and effectiveness of implementing a data matching system to verify an individual's claim to be a citizen, national, or lawful permanent resident alien, and thus eligible for a national service educational award, by using information in the possession of other federal agencies. Authorizes the Corporation to implement a pilot data matching program based on the study's findings. Subtitle H: Amendments to Subtitle H (Investment for Quality and Innovation) - (Sec. 1802) Requires the Corporation to conduct a nationwide Call To Service campaign to encourage everyone to perform public service in the nonprofit sector or government, or by volunteering. Authorizes the Corporation to undertake appropriate ceremonies and activities to observe September 11th as a National Day of Service and Remembrance. (Sec. 1803) Repeals the Military Installation Conversion Demonstration programs and the Special Demonstration Project in Alaska. (Sec. 1805) Establishes a ServeAmerica Fellowships program which directs the Corporation to provide formula grants to states that enable them to award fellowships to individuals they have chosen to participate in service projects, run by nonprofit organizations, which address certain areas of national need. Includes as ServeAmerica areas of national need: (1) the education of economically disadvantaged students; (2) access to health care; (3) energy efficiency and natural resource conservation; (4) economic opportunities for economically disadvantaged individuals; and (5) disaster preparedness and response. Requires the number of ServeAmerica positions to increase from 500 for FY2010 to 1,500 for FY2014. Makes ServeAmerica Fellows eligible for national service educational awards. Authorizes the Corporation to award fixed-amount grants to community-based nonprofit organizations to carry out a Silver Scholarship Grant Program which provides $1,000 scholarships to individuals age 55 or older who complete at least 250 hours of service in a year in an area of national need. Establishes an Encore Fellowships program providing one-year fellowships to individuals age 55 or older who are placed with nonprofit organizations to serve in areas of national need and receive training to transition to public service employment in the nonprofit sector or government. Provides matching grants to the nonprofit organizations with which Encore Fellows are placed. Requires the Corporation to conduct an independent evaluation of the Silver Scholarship and Encore Fellowships programs and widely disseminate the results to the service community. (Sec. 1806) Establishes a National Service Reserve Corps of individuals who have completed a term of national service or are veterans and are interested in being deployed, for 30-day periods, in response to national disasters and emergencies. Requires the Corporation to develop or contract for the development of a database of all National Service Reserve Corps members and all nonprofit organizations certified to participate in the program. (Sec. 1807) Directs the Corporation to establish a Social Innovation Funds grant program awarding competitive, renewable, five-year matching grants to existing grantmaking institutions or partnerships between such institutions and state or local governments which will use the grants to provide competitive, three-to-five year matching subgrants to community organizations for use in supporting new initiatives or replicating or expanding proven initiatives in low-income communities. Requires Fund grantees to be focused on improving measurable outcomes relating to: (1) the education of disadvantaged students; (2) child and youth development; (3) economic opportunity for the disadvantaged; (4) health; (5) resource conservation and environmental quality; (6) energy efficiency; (7) civic engagement; or (8) crime reduction. Authorizes the Corporation to reserve program funds for: (1) direct grants to community organizations serving low-income communities or addressing one of the issue areas listed above in geographical areas with the highest need in such area; and (2) researching and evaluating the use of program funds. (Sec. 1808) Replaces the current Clearinghouse program with one that requires the Corporation to provide assistance to entities for the establishment of one or more clearinghouses providing information, research, and training services designed to enhance service-learning and national service programs. Creates a Volunteer Generation Fund program requiring the Corporation to award competitive grants to a state commission or a nonprofit organization to increase the number of volunteers available to address state and local priorities with regard to areas of national need, including statewide volunteer initiatives. Subtitle I: Training and Technical Assistance - (Sec. 1821) Creates a new subtitle to the NCSA, consolidating training and technical assistance provisions of the NCSA and DVSA that require the Corporation to provide such assistance to NCSA and DVSA programs. Gives priority to programs where services are needed most, that focus on service opportunities for underserved rural and urban areas, or that seek a service component combining students, out-of-school youth, and older adults as participants providing community services. Subtitle J: Repeal of Title III (Points of Light Foundation) - (Sec. 1831) Eliminates federal funding for the Points of Light Foundation. Subtitle K: Amendments to Title V (Authorization of Appropriations) - (Sec. 1841) Authorizes: (1) $97 million for subtitle B's Learn and Serve programs for FY2010 and such sums as may be necessary for FY20011-FY2014; (2) such sums as may be necessary for subtitles C, D, E, and H for FY2010-FY2014; and (3) $51 million for NCSA administration and financial assistance to State Commissions for FY2010 and such sums as may be necessary for FY2011-FY2014. Reserves up to 2.5% of the amounts appropriated under subtitles B, C, and H of title I of the NCSA and titles I and II of the DVSA for: (1) School-Based service-learning improvement initiatives with the Secretary of Education; (2) Civic Health Index activities; and (3) training and technical assistance under subtitle I. Title II: Amendments to the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 - Revises under DVSA: (1) the VISTA program; and (2) the National Senior Volunteer Corps (Senior Corps), including the Retired and Senior Volunteer program (RSVP), the Foster Grandparent program, and the Senior Companion program. Subtitle A: National Volunteer Antipoverty Programs - Chapter 1: Volunteers in Service to America - (Sec. 2102) Amends the VISTA program under part A of title I of the DVSA to include the Northern Mariana Islands as a recipient of program services. Adds to the work to which VISTA volunteers may be assigned: (1) drug abuse rehabilitation and treatment; (2) addressing mental illness; (3) assisting with the reintegration of formerly incarcerated youth and adults into society; (4) financial literacy and planning programs in low-income communities; (5) before- and afterschool programs serving children in low-income communities; (6) community economic development initiatives; (7) assistance to veterans and their families in obtaining access to support services; and (8) health and wellness services to low-income and underserved communities. Gives priority to the recruitment of low-income youth. Authorizes public or nonprofit organizations to pay all or a portion of the costs of supporting the service of VISTA volunteers. (Sec. 2103) Establishes a minimum monthly stipend for VISTA volunteers of $125 and a maximum monthly stipend of $150, subject to the availability of funds. Allows the Director to provide a stipend of $250 per month for volunteer leaders. (Sec. 2104) Eliminates the VISTA Literacy Corps program. Chapter 2: University Year for VISTA - (Sec. 2121) Eliminates the University Year for VISTA program. Chapter 3: Special Volunteer Programs - (Sec. 2132) Eliminates the Literacy Challenge Grants program. Subtitle B: National Senior Service Corps - (Sec. 2141) Amends title II of the DVSA to rename the National Senior Volunteer Corps program the National Senior Service Corps (NSSC) program. (Sec. 2143) Amends the Retired and Senior Volunteer program (RSVP) to eliminate the priority given to RSVP participation by volunteers who are 60 or older. Requires RSVP programs to be designed and implemented with the advice of experts in the field of service being offered, as well as with those who have expertise in the management of volunteers and the needs of older individuals. (Sec. 2144) Amends the Foster Grandparent program to lower the minimum age for program volunteers from 60 to 55. Authorizes providers to determine whether it is in the best interest of a disabled child and foster grandparent to continue their relationship after the child reaches age 21. Requires foster grandparent replacements to be determined through the mutual agreement of all parties providing services to the child. Increases the minimum stipend provided to low-income foster grandparents to $3 an hour. Redefines low-income foster grandparents as those whose income does not exceed 200% of the poverty level. Reduces restrictions on Foster Grandparent program participation by volunteers who are not low-income persons. (Sec. 2145) Amends the Senior Companion program to lower the minimum age for program volunteers from 60 to 55. (Sec. 2146) Alters the list of RSVP, Foster Grandparent, and Senior Companion programs of national significance. Adds to such list programs that support: (1) drug abuse rehabilitation and treatment; (2) mentoring for low-income youth; (3) energy conservation and environmental protection; and (4) crime prevention activities directed toward low-income or formerly incarcerated youth. Allows NSSC programs to accept donations. Subtitle C: Administration and Coordination - (Sec. 2151) Prohibits volunteer activities under the DVSA from displacing volunteers who are not participants under the national service laws. (Sec. 2153) Includes the Northern Mariana Islands in DVSA programs. Subtitle D: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 2161) Authorizes: (1) $100 million for the VISTA program for FY2010; (2) $70 million for the RSVP for FY2010; (3) $115 million for the Foster Grandparent Program for FY2010; and (4) $55 million for the Senior Companion program for FY2010. Authorizes necessary appropriations for these programs and activities for FY2011-FY2014. Authorizes such sums as may be necessary for the Special Volunteer (under part C of title I of the DVSA) and NSSC demonstration programs for FY2010-FY2014. Reauthorizes appropriations for the administration and evaluation of DVSA programs through FY2014. Title III: Technical Amendments to Tables of Contents - (Sec. 3101) Makes technical amendments to the respective tables of contents of the NCSA and the DVSA. Title IV: Amendments to Other Laws - (Sec. 4101) Makes a technical amendment to the Inspector General Act of 1978. Title V: Volunteers for Prosperity Program - (Sec. 5103) Requires the Office of Volunteers for Prosperity (VfP) of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to implement a VfPServe program providing skilled professionals with fixed-amount stipends to offset their costs of volunteering abroad to address specified VfP objectives aimed at ameliorating living conditions in developing countries. Lists those objectives as: (1) eliminating extreme poverty; (2) reducing world hunger and malnutrition; (3) increasing access to safe potable water; (4) enacting universal education; (5) reducing child mortality and childhood diseases; (6) combating the spread of preventable diseases; (7) providing educational and work skill support for girls and empowering women to achieve independence; (8) creating sustainable business and entrepreneurial opportunities; and (9) increasing access to information technology. Requires VfP volunteers to provide a dollar-for-dollar match for their stipend through the organization with which they are serving or by raising private funds. Authorizes $10 million for the VfP program for each fiscal year from FY2010-FY2014, with 90% of that amount devoted to VfP expansion and 10% to VfP management. Title VI: Effective Date - (Sec. 6101) Makes this Act effective upon enactment, unless specifically provided otherwise. (Sec. 6102) Applies changes made by this Act in the terms and conditions of terms of service and other service assignments under the national service laws (including the amount of the education award) only to individuals who enroll or otherwise begin service assignments later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, except when otherwise agreed upon by all interested parties. Applies changes made by this Act in the terms and conditions of grants, contracts, or other agreements under the national service laws only to agreements entered into later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, except when otherwise agreed upon by the parties to such agreements.

serve america act amends national_and_community_service_act domestic_volunteer_service_act dvsa revise programs reauthorize appropriations fy2014 title amendments national_and_community_service_act revises programs known learn serve programs national_service_trust programs known americorps program investment quality innovation program subtitle amendments subtitle general_provisions sec adds purposes providing year round opportunities service learning involving program participants emergency disaster preparedness relief recovery increasing service opportunities retiring professionals encouraging service individuals age older continued service national service alumni focusing national service areas national need service capacity address assisting social entrepreneurs nonprofit community organizations addressing national local challenges leveraging federal investments increase public private resources directed challenges supporting institutions higher education ihes engage students service learning sec adds definitions alaska_native serving institutions approved silver scholar positions approved summer service positions asian american native american pacific islander serving institutions authorizing committees community based entities disadvantaged youth hispanic serving institutions historically black colleges universities medically underserved populations native american serving nontribal institutions native hawaiian serving institutions predominantly principles scientific research qualified organizations scientifically valid research territories tribally controlled colleges universities veterans subtitle amendments subtitle sec revises school based programs elementary secondary school students learn serve programs eliminate current competitive grant portion programs requires corporation national community service corporation allocate appropriated funds states reserving indian tribes territories pursuant formula takes account state share school age youth funds received title elementary secondary education act esea sets minimum grant state programs fiscal year appropriations programs exceed million authorizes grants development civic engagement programs dealing nation history government limits corporation share costs new programs year second year permits certain schools receiving funds esea title use funds cover share program costs eliminates current serve programs sec revises higher education innovative programs learn serve programs award grants ihes partnerships ihes nonprofit organizations provision community service learning opportunities postsecondary school students allows use grant funds inclusion service learning key component preservice teacher education education fields medicine criminal justice public policy directs corporation extent practicable special consideration applications submitted partnerships include ihes serving primarily low income populations including predominantly black institutions historically black colleges universities hispanic serving institutions tribally controlled colleges universities native american serving nontribal institutions alaska_native serving institutions asian american native american pacific islander serving institutions native hawaiian serving institutions community colleges serving predominantly minority populations requires grantee ihes meet minimum requirement set higher education act participation federal work study students community service activities establishes program corporation annually designates ihes institutions nominated national community service state commissions recipients funding develop exemplary service learning programs disseminate ihes sec establishes new learn serve program providing grants states nonprofit organizations territories indian tribes ihes elementary secondary schools local educational agencies leas provide community service learning opportunities elementary secondary college graduate students research evaluate service learning includes allowable grant activities integrating service learning programs science technology engineering mathematics stem curricula service learning programs focused energy conservation emergency disaster preparedness improving access computers emerging technologies involving high school age youth mentoring middle school students authorizes new summer_of_service programs students entering grades end summer complete hours community based service learning summer projects eligible educational award funds deposited national_service_trust allows participants earn maximum summer service educational awards authorizes new youth engagement zone programs partnerships community based agencies states leas serve high number percentage disadvantaged students engage students school youth service learning addressing specific community challenges authorizes new programs allow secondary school students including large number percentage disadvantaged students earn academic credit semester coordinated school based community based service learning totals hours addresses specific community challenges requires participants spend time participating field based activities gives funding priority programs involve students community stakeholders design implementation operate low income rural communities utilize adult volunteers including retired retiring adults directs corporation contract year longitudinal study effect learn serve programs participants academic performance commitment public service requires results study reported congress available public subtitle amendments subtitle sec revises national_service_trust americorps program include territories eligible grant recipients prohibit grants federal agencies require grant recipients report federal funding program directs corporation develop subject availability appropriations implement plan establish number approved national service positions fy2010 increase fy2011 fy2012 fy2013 fy2014 fy2015 fy2016 fy2017 sec grant recipients federal agencies operating supporting national service programs portion funding operating supporting address unmet educational needs address unmet health needs address unmet environmental needs address unmet needs veterans members armed_forces active duty address unmet needs economically disadvantaged individuals sets forth authorized americorps programs including meet development needs rural communities engage citizens public safety health emergency preparedness services expand number mentors disadvantaged youths provide life skills training employment training educational assistance counseling mentoring relationship adult volunteer individuals disadvantaged youth reduce recidivism engaging court involved youth adults authorizes americorps grantees implement program models include community corps programs promote community unity use organized teams include participants diverse backgrounds abilities service programs recruit individuals special skills provide participants specialized preservice training campus based programs involving postsecondary school students professional corps programs recruit professionals service positions include salaries covered public private employers exceed maximum living allowance requires americorps programs meet exceed specified performance indicators requires national service programs provide tutoring elementary secondary school students certify obtained high school diploma successfully completed pre- service training offer high quality curricula meet state academic content standards requires national service programs promote citizenship civic engagement meet guidelines established corporation consistent principles citizenship programs based sec allows corporation approve programs carried territories national service programs include education awards sec increases minimum maximum grant corporation states operate requires states match grants dollar dollar corporation allow certain alternative matches state demonstrates hardship new requires challenge grants national service programs completely matched private funds initial year grant period matched private amounts twice grant allows corporation permit use state local funds matching funds private funds unavailable sec requires americorps funds allocated corporation competitive grants states national nonprofit organizations state formula grants indian tribes territories establish minimum state formula grant allocated formula grants whichever greater allows corporation provide fixed grants national service programs requires grants significantly reasonable necessary costs administering national service programs receiving sec establishes educational awards program americorps program allowing corporation provide operational support form fixed grants programs approved national service positions receive americorps funds limits operational support program participant participant programs serving disadvantaged youth sec requires corporation reject applications national service projects replicate projects receiving assistance described pending applications sec authorizes corporation awarding competitive americorps grants states national nonprofit organizations priority certain national service programs recruiting veterans service opportunities promote community based efforts meet unique needs military families sec requires corporation place special emphasis disadvantaged youth selecting individuals receive national service leadership training sec allows individuals performing national service disaster relief continue serve days term service end sec reduces national service living allowance federal work study award provided individuals national service subtitle amendments subtitle national_service_trust sec permits corporation use national_service_trust funds pay new summer_of_service educational awards authorized subtitle subtitle act respectively sec prohibits individuals receiving national service educational award trust complete required term service limits individual receipt awards aggregate value national service educational awards time service excludes summer_of_service educational awards calculation participants years use educational awards service gives individuals national service educational awards transferred years use awards transferors seven years use sec requires corporation making educational awards rely certifications selecting supervising entities individuals approved national service positions successfully completed required term service sec sets national service educational awards time americorps national_civilian_community_corps nccc volunteers service america vista participants level equal maximum available pell_grant available students higher education act sec permits use awards cover costs enrolling educational institutions allows national service educational awards transferred children grandchildren award recipients older began term service subtitle amendments subtitle national_civilian_community_corps sec renames program national_civilian_community_corps nccc program permits nccc operate nonresidential programs sec makes individuals eligible participation nccc program summer program end calendar year enroll begin participating program requires nccc director measures increase percentage program participants disadvantaged youth sec requires extent practicable participants nccc summer program economically ethnically diverse backgrounds including youth foster care sec permits director select corps members prior supervisory service experience team leaders nccc units requires assignment units campuses camps shall headed campus directors camp superintendents requires campus locations cost effective determined feasibility study distributed manner allows corps units easily deployed disaster emergency response sec requires director ensure extent practicable nccc participant receives training cardiopulmonary resuscitation cpr aid skills related disaster preparedness response sec places specific emphasis nccc projects support infrastructure improvement energy conservation urban rural development specifies additional federal agencies required develop nccc project proposals sec makes chief executive officer ceo corporation nccc director responsible appointing permanent cadre nccc supervisors training instructors requires ceo appointing members permanent cadre consideration retired law enforcement fire rescue emergency personnel individuals backgrounds disaster preparedness recovery requires cadre receive training working disadvantaged youth sec expands include administrator federal_emergency_management_agency fema secretary transportation chief united_states_forest_service administrator environmental_protection_agency epa secretary energy includes board activities helping coordinate activities corps including disaster response activities sec changes annual periodic required evaluation nccc programs subsequent report congress subtitle amendments subtitle administrative provisions sec prohibits national service programs existing solely refer individuals federal assistance programs state assistance programs receive federal funding sec alters hearing grievance procedures allow emergency suspension national service assistance grantees day periods require grantees states localities establish grievance procedures sec requires grantees serve children consult parents developing operating programs obtain written permission parents transporting minor children sec adds duties preparing national service plans states include duties developing measurable state goals coordinating national service funding applications state requires states develop comprehensive state service plans volunteer service adults age older sec requires corporation establish performance measures national service grantees consultation grantees provide technical assistance failing grantees received assistance years requires national service grantees reach agreements corporation corrective action plans fail achieve measures provides reduction termination assistance grantees continue fall short performance standards agreed correction period allows corporation reserve total dvsa program funds appropriated fiscal year program accountability activities sec directs corporation partnership select set civic health indicators civic health index enables states communities assess civic health requires partnership evaluate update index periodically issue detailed report annually analyzing civic health indicators extent practicable include data different demographic groups arrange research tracking domestic international volunteering sec entitles inspector general corporation access records national service program grantees relating assistance sec requires corporation consolidate modify national service application procedures reporting requirements authorizes corporation set sustainability goals national service programs writing provide technical assistance program sponsors acquiring leveraging non federal funds limits corporation national service grants agreements years different term specifically authorized grants national service programs time national service position adjustments inflation requires entities select individuals national service positions run criminal background checks individuals prohibits sex offenders false statements connection background checks serving subtitle amendments sec allows voting members term expires continue serving successor takes office longer year term expires sec states board responsibility set overall policy corporation requires board review ceo budget proposal advance submission office_of_management_and_budget omb review ceo performance annually sec increases compensation corporation ceo sec requires corporation ceo submit plan board reaching goal time approved national service positions bolster public awareness recruitment efforts wide range service opportunities citizens identify implement recruitment methods increase diversity national service participants program sponsors identify implement recruitment strategies training programs bilingual volunteers dvsa obtain opinions peer reviewers evaluating applications corporation assistance allows ceo solicit funds support outreach recruitment efforts sec gives ceo authority appoint determine compensation corporation chief financial officer sec allows corporation enter personal services contracts national service research evaluation public awareness activities sec allows corporation solicit accept donation services individuals organizations sec allows ceo delegate programmatic functions states order increase efficiency oversight national service program sec directs corporation study report congress involvement veterans national service programs sec requires corporation study national service programs displaced workers identify existing programs better serve workers communities adversely affected plant closings job losses implement pilot program based study findings sec directs corporation study feasibility effectiveness implementing data matching system verify individual claim citizen national lawful permanent resident alien eligible national service educational award information possession federal agencies authorizes corporation implement pilot data matching program based study findings subtitle amendments subtitle investment quality innovation sec requires corporation conduct nationwide service campaign encourage perform public service nonprofit sector government volunteering authorizes corporation undertake appropriate ceremonies activities observe september 11th national day service sec repeals military installation conversion demonstration programs alaska sec establishes program directs corporation provide formula grants states enable award fellowships individuals chosen participate service projects run nonprofit organizations address certain areas national need includes areas national need education economically disadvantaged students access health care energy efficiency natural resource conservation economic opportunities economically disadvantaged individuals disaster preparedness response requires number positions increase fy2010 fy2014 makes fellows eligible national service educational awards authorizes corporation award fixed grants community based nonprofit organizations carry silver scholarship grant program provides scholarships individuals age older complete hours service year area national need establishes encore_fellowships program providing year fellowships individuals age older placed nonprofit organizations serve areas national need receive training transition public service employment nonprofit sector government provides matching grants nonprofit organizations placed requires corporation conduct independent evaluation encore_fellowships programs widely disseminate results service community sec individuals completed term national service veterans interested deployed day periods response national disasters emergencies requires corporation develop contract development database members nonprofit organizations certified participate program sec directs corporation establish grant program awarding competitive renewable year matching grants existing institutions partnerships institutions state local governments use grants provide competitive year matching subgrants community organizations use supporting new initiatives replicating expanding proven initiatives low income communities requires fund grantees focused improving measurable outcomes relating education disadvantaged students child youth development economic opportunity disadvantaged health resource conservation environmental quality energy efficiency civic engagement crime reduction authorizes corporation reserve program funds direct grants community organizations serving low income communities addressing issue areas listed geographical areas highest need area researching evaluating use program funds sec replaces current clearinghouse program requires corporation provide assistance entities establishment clearinghouses providing information research training services designed enhance service learning national service programs creates volunteer generation fund program requiring corporation award competitive grants state commission nonprofit organization increase number volunteers available address state local priorities regard areas national need including statewide volunteer initiatives subtitle training technical assistance sec creates new subtitle consolidating training technical assistance provisions dvsa require corporation provide assistance dvsa programs gives priority programs services needed focus service opportunities underserved rural urban areas seek service component combining students school youth older adults participants providing community services subtitle repeal title iii points light foundation sec eliminates federal funding amendments title authorization appropriations sec authorizes million subtitle learn serve programs fy2010 sums necessary sums necessary subtitles fy2010 fy2014 million administration financial assistance fy2010 sums necessary fy2011 fy2014 reserves amounts appropriated subtitles title titles dvsa school based service learning improvement initiatives secretary education index activities training technical assistance subtitle amendments domestic_volunteer_service_act revises dvsa vista program national senior volunteer corps senior corps including retired senior volunteer program foster_grandparent program senior companion program subtitle national volunteer programs chapter volunteers service america sec amends vista program title dvsa include northern_mariana islands recipient program services adds work vista volunteers assigned drug abuse rehabilitation treatment addressing mental illness assisting reintegration incarcerated youth adults society financial literacy planning programs low income communities before- afterschool programs serving children low income communities community economic development initiatives assistance veterans families obtaining access support services health wellness services low income underserved communities gives priority recruitment low income youth authorizes public nonprofit organizations pay portion costs supporting service vista volunteers sec establishes minimum monthly stipend vista volunteers maximum monthly stipend subject availability funds allows director provide stipend month volunteer leaders sec eliminates program chapter university year vista sec eliminates university year vista program chapter special sec program subtitle sec amends title dvsa rename national senior volunteer_corps program program sec amends retired senior volunteer program eliminate priority given participation volunteers older requires programs designed implemented advice experts field service offered expertise management volunteers needs older individuals sec amends foster grandparent program lower minimum age program volunteers authorizes providers determine best interest disabled child foster grandparent continue relationship child reaches age requires foster grandparent replacements determined mutual agreement parties providing services child increases minimum stipend provided low income foster grandparents hour redefines low income foster grandparents income exceed poverty level reduces restrictions foster_grandparent program participation volunteers low income persons sec amends senior companion program lower minimum age program volunteers sec alters list foster_grandparent senior companion programs national significance adds list programs support drug abuse rehabilitation treatment mentoring low income youth energy conservation environmental protection crime prevention activities directed low income incarcerated youth allows programs accept donations subtitle administration coordination sec prohibits volunteer activities dvsa displacing volunteers participants national service laws sec includes northern_mariana_islands dvsa programs subtitle authorization appropriations sec authorizes million vista program fy2010 million fy2010 million fy2010 million senior companion program fy2010 authorizes necessary appropriations programs activities fy2011 fy2014 authorizes sums necessary special volunteer title dvsa demonstration programs fy2010 fy2014 reauthorizes appropriations administration evaluation dvsa programs fy2014 title iii technical amendments tables contents sec makes technical amendments respective tables contents dvsa title amendments laws sec makes technical amendment inspector general act title volunteers prosperity program sec requires international_development usaid implement program providing skilled professionals fixed stipends offset costs volunteering abroad address specified objectives aimed living conditions developing countries lists objectives eliminating extreme poverty reducing world hunger malnutrition increasing access safe potable water enacting universal education reducing child mortality childhood diseases combating spread preventable diseases providing educational work skill support girls empowering women achieve independence creating sustainable business entrepreneurial opportunities increasing access information technology requires volunteers provide dollar dollar match stipend organization serving raising private funds authorizes million program fiscal year fy2010 fy2014 devoted expansion management title effective date sec makes act effective enactment specifically provided sec applies changes act terms conditions terms service service assignments national service laws including education award individuals enroll begin service assignments later days enactment act agreed interested parties applies changes act terms conditions grants contracts agreements national service laws agreements entered later days enactment act agreed parties agreements


Summary: Semester of Service Act - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to direct the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service to award competitive matching grants to local educational agencies or their nonprofit partners and, through them, competitive subgrants to schools or their nonprofit partners for Semester of Service programs that allow high school juniors and seniors to earn academic credit for service-learning that meets unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs in their communities. Gives grant priority to applicants that propose to direct subgrants toward programs at schools that receive school improvement funds under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Requires Semester of Service programs to engage youth in service-learning for a minimum of 70 hours over a minimum of 12 weeks and have: (1) a weekly classroom-based component that is integrated into schools' regular curricula and aligned with applicable state academic content standards; and (2) a field-based component covering at least 24 of the minimum 70 hours. Directs the Chief Executive Officer to reserve funds for: (1) competitive grants to Indian tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands for such programs; (2) technical assistance and training to grantees and subgrantees, and program outreach activities; and (3) independent evaluations of the programs.

national_and_community_service_act direct chief executive officer corporation_for_national_and_community_service award competitive matching grants local educational agencies nonprofit partners competitive subgrants schools nonprofit partners programs allow high school seniors earn academic credit service learning meets unmet human educational environmental public safety needs communities gives grant priority applicants propose direct subgrants programs schools receive school improvement funds title elementary secondary education act requires semester service programs engage youth service learning minimum hours minimum weeks weekly classroom based component integrated schools regular curricula aligned applicable state academic content standards field based component covering minimum hours directs chief executive officer reserve funds competitive grants indian tribes native hawaiian organizations american_samoa guam northern_mariana islands programs technical assistance training grantees subgrantees program outreach activities independent evaluations programs


Summary: Summer of Service Act of 2009 - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to create Summer of Service programs providing at least 100 hours of summer community service learning opportunities to youth who will subsequently enroll in grades six through nine. Requires the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service to provide competitive three-year grants to: (1) states under a State Grant program; and (2) public or private organizations under a National Direct Grant program, when a state does not apply for funding or the community service program includes multiple states. Requires states and organizations, in making project subgrants, to favor entities with established track records that: (1) have leadership positions in the communities from which participating youth will be drawn; (2) focus on youth service during the transition year before high school; (3) encourage or enable youth to continue providing community service throughout the school year; (4) involve youth in the design and operation of the community service project; and (5) include youth of diverse backgrounds, at least 50% of which are from low-income families. Permits such entities to charge the parents of participants an income-based fee to contribute to the nonfederal share of project costs. Makes each youth serving at least 100 hours in a service-learning project eligible for an educational award of up to $500.

amends national_and_community_service_act create summer_of_service programs providing hours summer community service learning opportunities youth subsequently enroll grades requires chief executive officer corporation_for_national_and_community_service provide competitive year grants states state grant program public private organizations program state apply funding community service program includes multiple states requires states organizations making project subgrants favor entities established track records leadership positions communities participating youth drawn focus youth service transition year high school encourage enable youth continue providing community service school year involve youth design operation community service project include youth diverse backgrounds low income families permits entities charge parents participants income based fee contribute nonfederal share project costs makes youth serving hours service learning project eligible educational award


Summary: Encore Service Act of 2009 - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to make eligible for assistance under the National Service Trust program Encore Service programs that engage individuals age 50 or older in national service addressing specific community needs. Gives Encore Service participants age 50 or older five options for their term of service, ranging from full-time to minimum time. Makes such participants eligible for national service educational awards, which they may transfer to others for use within 20 years. Expresses the sense of Congress that, by 2019, 25% of National Service Trust program participants should be age 50 or older. Requires the Corporation for National and Community Service to identify and address the barriers to program participation by such individuals. Establishes Encore Fellowship programs providing Encore Fellowships to professionals age 50 or older who serve as full-time volunteers for nine months to one year with public or nonprofit organizations that address unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs. Makes such Fellows ineligible for national service educational awards. Creates Silver Scholarship programs providing Silver Scholarships to individuals who, over a one-year period, complete: (1) at least 500 hours of volunteer service after attaining age 55; or (2) between 250 and 500 hours of such service and present compelling personal experiences. Allows such individuals to transfer their scholarships to others for use within 20 years. Directs the Corporation to specify the services that qualify volunteers for scholarships, including: (1) tutoring or mentoring in educational settings; and (2) assisting persons with special needs. Amends the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to allow anyone age 55 or older (currently, 60 or older) whose income does not exceed 200% (currently, 125%) of the poverty level to volunteer under the Foster Grandparent and Senior Companion programs that provide supportive services to persons with exceptional needs. Reauthorizes appropriations for the National Senior Volunteer Corps, including the Retired and Senior Volunteer, Foster Grandparent, and Senior Companion programs.

encore service act amends national_and_community_service_act eligible assistance programs engage individuals age older national service addressing specific community needs participants age older options term service ranging time minimum time makes participants eligible national service educational awards transfer use years expresses sense congress national_service_trust program participants age older requires corporation national community service identify address barriers program participation individuals fellowship programs providing encore_fellowships professionals age older serve time volunteers months year public nonprofit organizations address unmet human educational environmental public safety needs makes fellows ineligible national service educational awards programs providing individuals year period complete hours volunteer service attaining age hours service present compelling personal experiences allows individuals transfer scholarships use years directs corporation specify services qualify volunteers scholarships including tutoring mentoring educational settings assisting persons special needs amends domestic_volunteer_service_act allow age older currently older income exceed currently poverty level volunteer programs provide supportive services persons exceptional needs reauthorizes appropriations national senior volunteer_corps including retired senior volunteer foster_grandparent senior companion programs


Summary: Global Service Fellowship Program Act of 2009 - Directs the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to: (1) establish and administer a Global Service Fellowship Program to fund fellowships to promote international volunteering opportunities as a means of building bridges across cultures, addressing critical human needs, and promoting mutual understanding; and (2) establish the Office of Volunteers for Prosperity to implement the Global Service Fellowship Program. Sets forth Program provisions. Authorizes appropriations.

directs administrator united_states_agency international_development usaid establish administer fund fellowships promote international volunteering opportunities means building bridges cultures addressing critical human needs promoting mutual understanding establish implement sets forth program provisions authorizes appropriations


Summary: Boys & Girls Clubs Centennial Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Amends the Economic Espionage Act of 1966 to reauthorize through FY2015 the mandate for an annual grant to the Boys & Girls Club of America from the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance of the Department of Justice. Repeals the limitation on the use of such grants to expansion of the organization to 1,500 additional Boys and Girls Clubs for a total number of at least 5,000 Boys and Girls Clubs of America facilities in operation before January 1, 2010. Replaces the expansion requirement with a goal of improving the quality of youth development and educational programs, health, physical fitness, and prevention services for youth at existing and new Boys & Girls Clubs facilities, with special emphasis on reducing high school dropout rates. Authorizes appropriations for FY2011-FY2015.

amends economic espionage act reauthorize fy2015 mandate annual grant director bureau_of_justice_assistance department_of_justice repeals limitation use grants expansion organization additional boys girls clubs total number boys girls clubs america facilities operation january replaces expansion requirement goal improving quality youth development educational programs health physical fitness prevention services youth existing new facilities special emphasis reducing high school dropout rates authorizes appropriations fy2011 fy2015


Summary: Youth Corps Act of 2010 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to make grants to eligible public or private nonprofit agencies or organizations to carry out Youth Corps programs that utilize the Youth Corps model to provide eligible youth age 16 through 24 with education and work readiness training to enable them to find employment in the economy of the 21st century, and instill in them a sense of civic engagement and environmental stewardship. Defines "Youth Corps model" as a youth education and training program for which an eligible entity provides eligible youth, among other things, with stipended or paid work experience and basic and technical skills training leading to: (1) enrollment in postsecondary education or training; (2) attainment of an industry-recognized certification or credential; (3) meaningful employment in the economy of the 21st century; or (4) military service.

amends workforce investment act authorize secretary labor grants eligible public private nonprofit agencies organizations carry youth_corps programs utilize youth_corps model provide eligible youth age education work readiness training enable find employment economy 21st century sense civic engagement environmental stewardship defines youth_corps model youth education training program eligible entity provides eligible youth things paid work experience basic technical skills training leading enrollment postsecondary education training attainment industry recognized certification credential meaningful employment economy 21st century military service


Summary: Eunice Kennedy Shriver Act - Reauthorizes the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act of 2004 for FY2011-FY2015. Directs the Secretary of State to act through the Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs in awarding grants or entering agreements with Special Olympics for activities outside the United States. Includes community-based prevention among the activities for which the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) may award grants or enter into agreements with Special Olympics. Requires grant or agreement applications to include a description of specific measurable annual benchmarks, as well as long-term goals and objectives, to be achieved through specified activities, which must include: (1) activities to increase the full participation of people with intellectual disabilities in inclusive school and community activities with nondisabled people; (2) education programs that dispel negative stereotypes about people with intellectual disabilities; and (3) activities to increase the participation of people with intellectual disabilities in Special Olympics outside of the United States. Requires annual reports by Special Olympics to describe demographic data about Special Olympics participants. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements to promote the expansion of Best Buddies, including activities to increase the participation of people with intellectual disabilities in social relationships and other aspects of community life, including education and employment, within the United States. Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to institutions of higher education to establish Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institutes for Sport and Social Impact. Requires recipients to use grant funds to advance the quality of life and inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities through research and evaluation, technical assistance, training, data collection, evaluation, collaboration, and dissemination of evidence-based best practices.

eunice kennedy shriver act reauthorizes special olympics sport empowerment act fy2011 fy2015 directs secretary state act assistant secretary state educational cultural affairs awarding grants entering agreements special olympics activities outside united_states includes community based prevention activities secretary health_and_human_services hhs award grants enter agreements special olympics requires grant agreement applications include description specific measurable annual benchmarks long term goals objectives achieved specified activities include activities increase participation people intellectual disabilities inclusive school community activities nondisabled people education programs dispel negative stereotypes people intellectual disabilities activities increase participation people intellectual disabilities special olympics outside united_states requires annual reports special olympics describe demographic data special olympics participants authorizes secretary education award grants enter contracts cooperative agreements promote expansion best_buddies including activities increase participation people intellectual disabilities social relationships aspects community life including education employment united_states directs secretary education award competitive grants institutions higher education establish eunice kennedy shriver institutes sport social impact requires recipients use grant funds advance quality life inclusion people intellectual disabilities research evaluation technical assistance training data collection evaluation collaboration dissemination evidence based best practices


Summary: Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to provide independent counsel to Congress on policy issues associated with the recruitment for, and retention, research, and reinvestment in, the profession of social work. Directs the Commission to study and report to Congress on issues facing the social work profession, including: (1) fair market compensation, high social work educational debt, social work workforce trends, translating social work research to practice, and social work safety; and (2) state-level social work licensure policies and reciprocity agreements for providing services across state lines. Requires such study to assess the professional capacity of the social work workforce to serve and respond successfully to the increasing biopsychosocial needs of individuals, groups, and communities in certain areas, including aging and child welfare. Terminates the Commission 30 days after it submits such report within 18 months of its first meeting. Authorizes the Secretary to award: (1) workplace improvement grants to eligible entities and individuals to address workplace concerns for the social work profession, including caseloads, compensation, social work safety, supervision, and working conditions; and (2) research grants, education and training grants, and community-based programs of excellence grants. Directs the Secretary to: (1) contract with a national social work entity to serve as a coordinating center and clearinghouse for information on activities funded under the grants, and (2) develop a multi-media outreach campaign and issue public service announcements that advertise and promote the social work profession.

social work reinvestment act directs secretary health_and_human_services hhs establish provide independent counsel congress policy issues associated recruitment retention research reinvestment profession social work directs commission study report congress issues facing social work profession including fair market compensation high social work educational debt social work workforce trends translating social work research practice social work safety state level social work licensure policies reciprocity agreements providing services state lines requires study assess professional capacity social work workforce serve respond successfully increasing needs individuals groups communities certain areas including aging child welfare terminates commission days submits report months meeting authorizes secretary award workplace improvement grants eligible entities individuals address workplace concerns social work profession including compensation social work safety supervision working conditions research grants education training grants community based programs excellence grants directs secretary contract national social work entity serve coordinating center clearinghouse information activities funded grants develop multi media outreach campaign issue public service announcements advertise promote social work profession


Summary: Groundwork USA Trust Act of 2011 - Establishes the Groundwork USA Trust Program. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Groundwork USA national office, to award grants to eligible nonprofit organizations to: (1) facilitate the inventory of brownfield sites, site assessments, remediation of brownfield sites, community involvement, or site preparation; (2) reclaim vacant and derelict lands; (3) cleanup and care for neglected areas; (4) return brownfields to productive use; (5) integrate environmental education, food security, health and fitness, resource management, and job training; (6) encourage and support business, local government, nonprofit, and community cooperation in sustainable environmental care and enhancement; (7) acquire, rehabilitate, and improve real property and buildings; and (8) develop programs that encourage partnering with other environmental organizations.

establishes usa trust program authorizes secretary interior consultation national office award grants eligible nonprofit organizations facilitate inventory brownfield sites site assessments remediation brownfield sites community involvement site preparation reclaim vacant derelict lands cleanup care neglected areas return brownfields productive use integrate environmental education food security health fitness resource management job training encourage support business local government nonprofit community cooperation sustainable environmental care enhancement acquire rehabilitate improve real property buildings develop programs encourage partnering environmental organizations


Summary: Supporting Emergency Responders Volunteer Efforts Act of 2011 or the SERVE Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer who is a bona fide volunteer of a qualified volunteer emergency response organization a $1,000 refundable tax credit.  Requires such individual to: (1) have served as a bona fide volunteer performing fire fighting and prevention services, emergency medical services, and ambulance services for more than six months in a taxable year; (2) have provided more than 40 hours of such services actively engaged in the prevention, control, or extinguishmment of fires or response to emergency situations where life, property, or the environment is at risk; or (3) have been stationed on the premises of an emergency response organization in anticipation of being actively engaged in providing such services.

supporting emergency responders volunteer efforts act serve act amends internal revenue code allow individual taxpayer bona fide volunteer qualified volunteer emergency response organization refundable tax credit requires individual served bona fide volunteer performing fire fighting prevention services emergency medical services ambulance services months taxable year provided hours services actively engaged prevention control fires response emergency situations life property environment risk stationed premises emergency response organization anticipation actively engaged providing services


Summary: Volunteer Firefighter Fairness Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat qualified emergency service volunteers as independent contractors, not employees, for tax purposes. Defines "qualified emergency service volunteers" to include volunteers performing fire fighting and prevention services, emergency medical services, and ambulance services.

fairness act amends internal revenue code treat qualified emergency service volunteers independent contractors employees tax purposes defines qualified emergency service volunteers include volunteers performing fire fighting prevention services emergency medical services ambulance services