45 CFR § 2517.200 - How may grant funds be used?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t45/s2517.200"
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title: "45 CFR § 2517.200 - How may grant funds be used?"
title_number: 45
title_name: "Public Welfare"
section_number: "2517.200"
section_name: "How may grant funds be used?"
chapter_name: "CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE"
part_number: "2517"
part_name: "COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE-LEARNING PROGRAMS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 12541-12547."
regulatory_source: "59 FR 13790, Mar. 23, 1994, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "2517"
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# 2517.200 How may grant funds be used?

Funds under a community-based Learn and Serve grant may be used for the purposes described in this section.

(a) A State Commission or grantmaking entity may use funds—

(1) To make subgrants to qualified organizations described in § 2517.110 to implement, operate, expand, or replicate a community-based service program that provides direct and demonstrable educational, public safety, human, or environmental service by participants, who must be school-age youth; and

(2) To provide training and technical assistance to qualified organizations.

(b)(1) A qualified organization may use funds under a direct grant or a subgrant to implement, operate, expand, or replicate a community-based service program.

(2) If a qualified organization receives a direct grant, its program must be carried out at multiple sites or be particularly innovative.