This part provides for the Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) program of full-time volunteer service, together with appropriate powers and responsibilities designed to assist in the development and coordination of such program. The purpose of this part is to strengthen and supplement efforts to eliminate and alleviate poverty and poverty-related problems in the United States by encouraging and enabling persons from all walks of life, all geographical areas, and all age groups, including low-income individuals, elderly and retired Americans, to perform meaningful and constructive volunteer service in agencies, institutions, and situations where the application of human talent and dedication may assist in the solution of poverty and poverty-related problems and secure and increase opportunities for self-advancement by persons affected by such problems. In addition, the objectives of this part are to generate the commitment of private sector resources, to encourage volunteer service at the local level, to support efforts by local agencies and community organizations to achieve long-term sustainability of projects, and to strengthen local agencies and community organizations to carry out the objectives of this part.
Notes of Decisions
Suss v. Am. Soc'y for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 823 F. Supp. 181 (S.D.N.Y. 1993).
“, 42 U.S.C. § 4951 . 18 The limitation in federal law on the scope to be given to volunteers is based in part on the unsatisfactory history of the conduct of private parties delegated to exercise coercive governmental authority during earlier periods, including the conduct of…”
Skelton v. Balzano, 424 F. Supp. 1231 (D.D.C. 1976).
“The ACTION Agency is charged with responsibility for providing coordination and administration of international and domestic volunteer activities, including the Peace Corps and domestic programs authorized by the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 ( 42 U.S.C. § 4951 ).…”
Savko v. Commonwealth, 407 A.2d 152 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1979).
“42 U.S.C. §4951 (1977). As of December 8, 1977, she was receiving $664.”
Cameron v. Wofford, 955 F. Supp. 1319 (D. Kan. 1997).
“See 42 U.S.C. § 4951 . From 1971 until 1993, VISTA was administered by ACTION, the Federal Domestic Volunteer Agency of the Office of Economic Opportunity.”
Kensington Jt. Action Council v. Pauken, 531 F. Supp. 656 (E.D. Pa. 1982).
· cites it 4× “This act provides for the Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) program, 42 U.S.C. § 4951 . 1 Based upon our review of the administrative record and the relevant statute, the Court has determined that the Director’s decision must be set aside in that it is arbitrary,…”
Cook Cnty. Legal Assistance Found., Inc. v. Pauken, 573 F. Supp. 231 (N.D. Ill. 1983).
“Neither statute on which plaintiff relies, the Administrative Procedure Act or the Domestic Volunteer Service Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 4951 , et seq., confer a right to money damages against the United States nor waives sovereign immunity.”
Hathaway v. Neighborhood House (D. Minnesota 2023).
“The AmeriCorps VISTA program is governed by the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. § 4951 et seq., and provisions of the National and Community Service Act of 1990, 42 U.”
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