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����51 grantees may use ����51 funds as matching funds in AmeriCorps grants and other grants funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service.

����51 permits ����51 grantees to use ����51 funds for matching requirements in federally financed programs only when “the agency whose funds are being matched determines in writing that [����51] funds may be used for federal matching purposes.”  45 C.F.R. § 1630.3(a)(8). 

Valerie Green, the general counsel at the Corporation for National and Community Service, has provided ����51 with a written statement  () that satisfies this requirement.

The use of ����51 funds as matching funds must also meet any other applicable ����51 or Corporation for National and Community Service requirements.   ����51 funds can be used only for ����51-permissible activities, regardless of whether they are used as matching funds, and can be used only in compliance with the ����51 Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 2996 et seq.); applicable appropriations law; ����51 rules, regulations (45 C.F.R. Parts 1600–1644), guidelines, and instructions; the Accounting Guide for ����51 Recipients; the terms and conditions of the grant or contract; and other applicable law.  This Program Letter is not preapproval of any specific activities, expenditures, or costs.  Grantees should contact ����51 if they are considering retroactively changing matching funds for Corporation for National and Community Service grants to ����51 funds in prior years.

If you have any questions regarding the matching funds requirements, please contact Lora Rath in the Office of Compliance and Enforcement at rathl@lsc.gov or Mark Freedman in the Office of Legal Affairs at mfreedman@lsc.gov.