Domestic Volunteer Service Act Amendments of 1979

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Domestic Volunteer Service Act Amendments of 1979 - Amends the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to revise the conditions under which volunteers may be advanced end-of-service stipends. Eliminates the ten percent limitation on funds appropriated for service-learning programs which may be used to encourage and enable students in secondary and post-secondary schools to participate in programs other than the University Year for ACTION program. Authorizes the Director of the ACTION Agency to provide financial support for short-term, part-time volunteers who are enrolled for 20 hours or more per week for 26 or more consecutive weeks. Allows full-time volunteers enrolled for a full year in special volunteer programs to be eligible to receive stipends and allowances, not to exceed those paid to VISTA volunteers. Establishes under the Act a new program to be known as the Urban Volunteer Programs. Authorizes the Director to make grants to and contract with and enter into cooperative agreements with public agencies and private nonprofit organizations for projects to carry out such programs, including an Urban Volunteer Corps and a Good Neighbor Fund. Authorizes the Director, with the co…