PUBLIC LAW 101-610—NOV. 16, 1990 104 STAT. 3155 receiving assistance under this subtitle shall receive a living allowance of not more than an amount equal to 100 percent of the poverty line for a family of two (aa defined in section 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C 9902(2))). (2) NON-FEDERAL SOURCES. — Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a program agency may provide participants with additional amounts that are made available from non-Federed sources. (b) REDUCTION IN EXISTING PROGRAM BENEFITS. —Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a program in existence on the date of enactment of this Act to decrease any stipends, salaries, or living allowances provided to participants under such program. (c) HEALTH INSURANCE.—In addition to the living allowance provided under subsection (a), grantees are encouraged to provide health insurance to each participant in a full-time national service program who does not otherwise have access to health insurance. (d) SPECIAL SENIOR SERVICE PARTICIPANT. — (1) FULL-TIME. —Each full-time special senior service participant shall receive a living allowance equal to the living allowance provided to full-time participants under subsection (a), and such other assistance as the Commission considers necessary and appropriate for a special senior service participant to carry out the service obligation of such participant. (2) PART-TIME.— Each part-time special senior service participant shall receive a living allowsince equal to a share of such allowance offered to a full-time special senior service participant under paragraph (1), that has been prorated according to the number of hours such part-time participant serves in the program, and such other assistance that the Commission considers necessary and appropriate for a special senior service participant to carry out the service obligation of such participant. SEC. 148. TRAINING. 42 USC 12578. (a) PROGRAM TRAINING. — (1) IN GENERAL.—Each participant shall receive 3 weeks of training provided by the Commission in cooperation with the State. (2) CONTENTS OF TRAINING SESSION. — Each training session described in paragraph (1) shall— (A) orient each participant in the nature, philosophy, and purpose of the program; (B) build an ethic of community service; and (C) train each participant to effectively perform the assigned program task of such participant by providing— (i) general training in citizenship and civic and community service; and (ii) if feasible, specialized training for the type of service that each participant will perform. (b) ADDITIONAL TRAINING. — Each State may provide additional training for participants as such State determines necessary. (c) AGENCY OR ORGANIZATION TRAINING. — Each participant shall receive training from the sponsoring organization in skills relevant to the work to be conducted. (d) ACCOMMODATIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABIUTIES.—In accordance with the nondiscrimination provisions of section 175, each training program shall provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.
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