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§ 12594. Living allowances for national service participants
(a) Provision of living allowance
(1) Living allowance required
(2) Maximum living allowance
(3) Federal work-study students
(4) Proration of living allowance
(5) Waiver or reduction of living allowance
The Corporation may waive or reduce the requirement of paragraph (1) with respect to such national service program if such program demonstrates that—
(A) such requirement is inconsistent with the objectives of the program; and
(B) the amount of the living allowance that will be provided to each full-time participant is sufficient to meet the necessary costs of living (including food, housing, and transportation) in the area in which the program is located.
(6) Exemption
(b) Coverage of certain employment-related taxes
(c) Exception from maximum living allowance for certain assistance
A professional corps program described in section 12572(c)(1)(D) of this title that desires to provide a living allowance in excess of the maximum allowance authorized in subsection (a)(2) may still apply for such assistance, except that—
(1) any assistance provided to the applicant under
(2) the national service program shall be operated directly by the applicant and shall meet urgent, unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs, as determined by the Corporation.
(d) Health insurance
(1) In general
(2) Option
(e) Child care
(1) Availability
A State or other recipient of assistance under section 12571 of this title shall—
(A) make child care available for children of each full-time participant who needs child care in order to participate in a national service program carried out or supported by the recipient using the assistance; or
(B) provide a child care allowance to each full-time participant in a national service program who needs such assistance in order to participate in the program.
(2) Guidelines
(f) Individualized support services
(Pub. L. 101–610, title I, § 140, as added Pub. L. 103–82, title I, § 101(b), Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 811; amended Pub. L. 111–13, title I, § 1315, Apr. 21, 2009, 123 Stat. 1511.)