123STA T . 1 5 5 6PUBLIC LA W 111 – 13 — AP R .21 , 2 0 0 9‘ ‘ (B)CONTE NT S.—The C orp or ati o ns ha l l spe c i fy infor m ation to b e pro v i d ed in an application s u bmitted under this subsection ,w hich— ‘‘(i) shall include— ‘‘( I ) a description of the area of national need that the applicant intends to address in the service pro j ect
‘‘(II) a description of the s k ills and e x perience the applicant has to address the area of national need; ‘‘(III) a description of the type of service the applicant plans to provide as a fellow; and ‘‘(I V ) information identifyin g the local area within the S tate served by the Commission in which the applicant plans to serve for the service project; and ‘‘(ii) may include, if the applicant chooses, the si z e of the registered service sponsor organization with which the applicant hopes to serve. ‘‘( 2 )SE L E C T I ON.— E ach State Commission shall— ‘‘( A ) select, from the applications received by the State Commission for a fiscal year, the number of eligible fellow - ship recipients that may be supported for that fiscal year based on the amount of the grant received by the State Commission under subsection (b); and ‘‘(B) make an effort to award one-third of the fellow- ships available to the State Commission for a fiscal year, based on the amount of the grant received under subsection (b), to applicants who propose to serve the fellowship with small service sponsor organizations registered under sub- section (d). ‘‘(d) SE RV ICE S P ONSOR O R GA NI Z ATIONS.— ‘‘( 1 ) IN GENERAL.—Each service sponsor organization shall— ‘‘(A) be a nonprofit organization; ‘‘(B) satisfy q ualification criteria established by the Corporation or the State Commission, including standards relating to organizational capacity, financial management, and programmatic oversight; ‘‘(C) not be a recipient of other assistance, approved national service positions, or approved summer of service positions under the national service laws; and ‘‘( D ) at the time of registration with a State Commis- sion, enter into an agreement providing that the service sponsor organization shall— ‘‘(i) abide by all program requirements; ‘‘(ii) provide an amount described in subsection (e)( 3 )(b) for each fellow serving with the organization through the ServeAmerica F ellowship; ‘‘(iii) be responsible for certifying whether each fellow serving with the organization successfully com- pleted the ServeAmerica Fellowship, and record and certify in a manner specified by the Corporation the number of hours served by a fellow for purposes of determining the fellow ’ s eligibility for benefits; and ‘‘(iv) provide timely access to records relating to the ServeAmerica Fellowship to the State Commission, Records.C er tif ic a tio n . Contracts. Criteria.
