{"data":{"id":"us/45-cfr-2522.800","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"45 CFR 2522.800","heading":"How will AmeriCorps evaluate individual AmeriCorps programs?","body":"AmeriCorps 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 AmeriCorps before the grant award;\n(b) The extent to which the program is cost-effective; and\n(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;\n(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;\n(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;\n(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;\n(5) Promoting an ethic of active and productive citizenship among participants;\n(6) Supplying additional volunteer assistance to community agencies without providing more volunteers than can be effectively utilized;\n(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\n(8) Other criteria determined and published by AmeriCorps.","path":["Title 45—Public Welfare","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Public Welfare","CHAPTER XXV—CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE","PART 2522—AMERICORPS PARTICIPANTS, PROGRAMS, AND APPLICANTS","Subpart E—Evaluation Requirements"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-45.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:21Z","sha256":"edd79f3d81671e2dd4150d7a7896e72a0c4c9b76802050e6114e882893d240a9","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/45-cfr-2522.740","next":"us/45-cfr-2522.810"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}