National Service Act of 1989

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] National Service Act of 1989 - Title I: National Service Program - Subtitle A: Establishment of the Program - Establishes the National Service Program (the Program) to provide part-time community service opportunities for young people. Allows individuals to serve in the Program who: (1) are age 16 through 26; (2) have received a high school diploma or its equivalent; and (3) are U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Requires Program volunteers to agree to perform part-time community service: (1) for a term of between two and four years; and (2) consisting of 24 hours of community service for each month and two weeks of full-time community service for each year of such term. Requires States to pay each volunteer a $700 stipend for the two-week full-time service, from grants and State matching funds. Authorizes the National Service Foundation to provide other assistance to a volunteer. Directs the National Service Foundation to provide each volunteer with a nontransferable voucher equal to $2,000 upon completion of each year of service (or a portion of such amount to volunteers who must leave service early for just cause). Allows such vouchers to be used by a volunteer only for: (1) …