Senior Corps Distance Volunteering Act This bill directs the Corporation for National and Community Service to establish an online service platform to connect volunteers in the National Senior Service Corps with service projects, and enable the volunteers to carry out distance volunteering on an online network. The corporation shall provide outreach services to promote the platform, including outreach to institutions of higher education, the Department of Veterans Affairs for mentorship projects, and state and local governments for community engagement projects.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Labor and Employment
AgingAppropriationsCardiovascular and respiratory healthCongressional oversightCorporation for National and Community ServiceEmergency medical services and trauma careExecutive agency funding and structureInfectious and parasitic diseasesInternet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaNational and community serviceSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Senior Corps Distance Volunteering Act
USA116th CongressS-3943| Senate
| Updated: 6/11/2020
Senior Corps Distance Volunteering Act This bill directs the Corporation for National and Community Service to establish an online service platform to connect volunteers in the National Senior Service Corps with service projects, and enable the volunteers to carry out distance volunteering on an online network. The corporation shall provide outreach services to promote the platform, including outreach to institutions of higher education, the Department of Veterans Affairs for mentorship projects, and state and local governments for community engagement projects.
AgingAppropriationsCardiovascular and respiratory healthCongressional oversightCorporation for National and Community ServiceEmergency medical services and trauma careExecutive agency funding and structureInfectious and parasitic diseasesInternet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaNational and community serviceSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizations