Prohibited or Allowable
Client Benefits
Client Responsibilities
Staff Roles
CCCS Trivia
100

Using SSVF funds to pay court fees

What is prohibited

100
Your living allowance amount for the year, pre-taxes
What is $12,630
100
Percentage of time that can go to training
What is 20%
100
Meaning of CNCS
What is Corporation for National and Community Service
100
Minimum age to serve in AmeriCorps State & National Program
What is 17
200

Using SSVF funds to

What is allowable!

200
Postponing the repayment of your qualified student loans temporarily
What is forbearance
200
Percentage of time that can go to fundraising
What is 10%
200
Three types of AmeriCorps programs that exist
What is AmeriCorps State & National, AmeriCorps VISTA, and AmeriCorps NCCC.
200
Maximum number of terms a person can in AmeriCorps State & National
What is four
300
Taking your client to church during service hours
What is prohibited
300
The entity that dictates your sick and vacation day policies
What is your service location/host site
300
Number of hours that must be completed to complete term of service
What is 1700
300
Year that CNCS was created
What is 1993
300
Number of education award a person can receive in their lifetime
What is two
400
Posting about your service on Facebook
What is allowable! Just be careful that you aren't posting anything political that could be interpreted as AmeriCorps advocating for a particular position
400
The taxes taken out of your paycheck that help support Social Security and Medicare
What is FICA
400
Length of time you have to complete the term of service
What is one year
400
Number of AmeriCorps programs that Catholic Charities USA has
What is four (Refugee Resettlement, Peer Navigator, Disaster Resiliency for LEP, and New Americans)
400
The maximum age a person can be to serve in AmeriCorps State & National
What is there is no limit!
500
Helping with your organization's annual gala that raises money for the entire organization
What is prohibited - actually, unallowable, as it violates the fundraising hours limitations
500
The value of your Segal Education Award
What is $5,815
500
Minimum number of days in a month you need to serve to get your living allowance
What is five days
500
Number of Americans that join AmeriCorps each year
What is more than 80 thousand people
500
The two types of crimes that would make a person ineligible for AmeriCorps service
What is murder and sexually-based offenses