42 USC § 12645 - Sustainability

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s12645"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 12645 - Sustainability"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "12645"
section_name: "Sustainability"
chapter_number: 129
chapter_name: "NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE STATE GRANT PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 101–610, title I, § 186, as added Pub. L. 111–13, title I, § 1612, Apr. 21, 2009, 123 Stat. 1538.)"
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# § 12645. Sustainability

The Corporation, after consultation with State Commissions and recipients of assistance, may set sustainability goals for projects or programs under the national service laws, so that recipients of assistance under the national service laws are carrying out sustainable projects or programs. Such sustainability goals shall be in writing and shall be used—

**(1)** to build the capacity of the projects or programs that receive assistance under the national service laws to meet community needs;

**(2)** in providing technical assistance to recipients of assistance under the national service laws regarding acquiring and leveraging non-Federal funds for support of the projects or programs that receive such assistance; and

**(3)** to determine whether the projects or programs, receiving such assistance, are generating sufficient community support.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 101–610, title I, § 186, as added Pub. L. 111–13, title I, § 1612, Apr. 21, 2009, 123 Stat. 1538.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 12645, , as added , , , directed Commission to issue final rules or regulations necessary to implement this subchapter, prior to repeal by , §§ 122(a), 123, , , effective .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective , see , set out as an Effective Date of 2009 Amendment note under .