AMERICORPS (FSM)

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Monthly living allowances, educational awards, child care allowances and health care benefits made under the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993, P.L. 103-82 to AmeriCorps participants.

The AmeriCorps Network consists of 3 separate programs based on the participant’s age and type of service performed:

• AmeriCorps State and National (age 17 and older) Title II Programs, including:

- AmeriCorps Victims Assistance Program (AVAP) and AVAP Afterschool Program;

- City Year;

- Foster Grandparents;

- Green Corps;

- Goodwill Industries;

- Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP); and

- Student Conservation Association;

• AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America, age 18 and older) Title I Programs, including:

- Campus Compact for New Hampshire;

- Families in Transition; and

- New Hampshire Catholic Charities

• AmeriCorps NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps, age 18 to 24) Title II Program.

Treatment:

• Child care payments, educational awards, and health care benefits are excluded income by federal mandate.

• Any payment under Title II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, P.L. 93-113, including the monthly living allowance from AmeriCorps State and National and AmeriCorps NCCC, is excluded income.

• For payments under Title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, P.L. 93-113, to participants in AmeriCorps VISTA, see Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) and Title I Programs.