[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45 Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR1211.1-3]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

       CHAPTER XII--CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

 

PART 1211_VOLUNTEER GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  1211.1-3  Definitions.



    (a) Volunteer means a person enrolled and currently serving as a 

full-time volunteer under part A of title I of the Domestic Volunteer 

Service Act of 1973. For the purpose of this part, a volunteer whose 

service has terminated



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shall be deemed to be a volunteer for a period of 90 days thereafter.

    (b) Grievance means a matter arising out of, and directly affecting, 

the volunteer's work situation, or a violation of those regulations 

governing the terms and conditions of service resulting in the denial or 

infringement of a right or benefit to the grieving volunteer. Terms and 

conditions of service refer to those rights and privileges accorded the 

volunteer either through statute, Agency regulation, or Agency policy.

    (1) The relief requested must be directed toward the correction of 

the matter involving the affected individual volunteer or the affected 

group of volunteers and may request the revision of existing policies 

and procedures to ensure against similar occurrences in the future. 

Requests for relief by more than one volunteer arising from a common 

cause within one region may be treated as a single grievance. The 

following are examples of grievable matters:

    (i) A volunteer is assigned to an area of harsh climate where 

special clothing is necessary and not already possessed by the 

volunteer. A request for a special allowance for such clothing is 

arbitrarily refused.

    (ii) A volunteer submits a request for reimbursement for 

transportation costs incurred while on authorized emergency leave which 

is denied.

    (iii) The project sponsor fails to provide adequate support to the 

volunteer necessary for that volunteer to perform the assigned work, 

such as the sponsor's failure to provide materials to the volunteer 

which is necessary for the performance of the volunteer's work.

    (c) State Program Officer means that ACTION official who is directly 

responsible at the first level for the project in which the volunteer is 

serving.

    (d) Sponsor means a public or private nonprofit agency to which 

ACTION has assigned volunteers.

    (e) Grievance Examiner or Examiner means a person having the 

qualifications described in Appendix A who is appointed to conduct an 

inquiry or hearing with respect to a grievance.

    (f) National VISTA Grants Program means a program operated under 

part A, title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act in which ACTION 

awards a grant to a national grantee to operate a VISTA Volunteer 

program on a national or multi-regional basis.

    (g) Local component means a local office or project affiliate of a 

national grantee which has VISTA Volunteers assigned to it under the 

National VISTA Grants Program.

    (h) The Act means the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, Pub. 

L. 93-113, (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.), as amended.