42 USC § 4956 - Participation of program beneficiaries

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s4956"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 4956 - Participation of program beneficiaries"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "4956"
section_name: "Participation of program beneficiaries"
chapter_number: 66
chapter_name: "DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL VOLUNTEER ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Volunteers in Service to America"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 93–113, title I, § 106, Oct. 1, 1973, 87 Stat. 398; Pub. L. 98–288, § 7, May 21, 1984, 98 Stat. 191.)"
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# § 4956. Participation of program beneficiaries

To the maximum extent practicable, the people of the communities to be served by volunteers under this subchapter shall participate in planning, developing, and implementing programs thereunder, and the Director, after consultation with sponsoring agencies (including volunteers assigned to them) and the people served by such agencies, shall establish in regulations, a continuing mechanism for the meaningful participation of such program beneficiaries.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 93–113, title I, § 106, Oct. 1, 1973, 87 Stat. 398; Pub. L. 98–288, § 7, May 21, 1984, 98 Stat. 191.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1984— substituted “establish in regulations” for “take all necessary steps to establish, in regulations he shall prescribe”.