White House Council for Community Solutions
Headline: Creates White House Council to Boost Community Service and Innovation
What it does: Federal departments and agencies must assist the Council and provide information, consistent with law and available appropriations.
- Creates a new council to promote community-developed solutions and civic participation.
- Requires federal departments and agencies to assist the Council and share information.
- Council members serve without pay but may receive travel expenses; funded within existing appropriations.
Summary
This order creates the White House Council for Community Solutions within the Corporation for National and Community Service to support social innovation and the nationwide "Call To Service" campaign. The Council will identify effective community solutions, highlight best practices, recommend cross-sector collaborations, and advise the President on engaging individuals, state and local governments, colleges, nonprofits, community groups, and businesses. It will have up to 30 unpaid appointees, receive support from the Corporation for National and Community Service within existing appropriations, and federal agencies must assist the Council; the Council ends two years after this order unless renewed.
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