2522.800—How will the Corporation evaluate individual AmeriCorps programs?
The Corporation will evaluate programs based on the following: (a) The extent to which the program meets the objectives established and agreed to by the grantee and the Corporation before the grant award;
(c)
The effectiveness of the program in meeting the following legislative objectives: (1) Providing direct and demonstrable services and projects that benefit the community by addressing educational, public safety, human, or environmental needs;
(2)
Recruiting and enrolling diverse participants consistent with the requirements of part 2540 of this chapter, based on economic background, race, ethnicity, age, gender, marital status, education levels, and disability;
(3)
Promoting the educational achievement of each participant based on earning a high school diploma or its equivalent and future enrollment in and completion of increasingly higher levels of education;
(4)
Encouraging each participant to engage in public and community service after completion of the program based on career choices and participation in other service programs;
(6)
Supplying additional volunteer assistance to community agencies without providing more volunteers than can be effectively utilized;
(7)
Providing services and activities that could not otherwise be performed by employed workers and that will not supplant the hiring of, or result in the displacement of, employed workers; and
[59 FR 13796, Mar. 23, 1994. Redesignated at 70 FR 39603, July 8, 2005]