1222.3—Policy.
(a)
Each potential project sponsor shall establish an advisory group for the project, to include substantial membership of potential project beneficiaries or, to the extent feasible, their democratically chosen representatives, prior to the submission of an application to ACTION for volunteers.
(b)
The term “substantial” means, in this case, a sufficient number of appropriate persons to assure that the concerns and points of view of the potential project beneficiaries are adequately presented and considered in the deliberations of the group. The phrase “project beneficiaries” means, in this case, recipients of benefits accruing directly from project activities as conducted by ACTION Volunteers.
(c)
Potential sponsoring organizations that have an established governing, policy, or advisory group whose membership is composed of at least 50% of members of the beneficiary population are not required to establish a separate project advisory group for the purposes of these regulations.