Prohibited activities                         

The UCAN Serve AmeriCorps program is generously funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service using federal funds to support community service and engagement.  As part of this program members are not allowed to count as part of their service hours the following prohibited activities. 

Reminder: Members can engage in any of these activities separate from their term of service in AmeriCorps!

 1.      Political activities

• participating in efforts to influence legislation, including state or local ballot initiatives, or lobbying for your program;

• organizing a letter-writing campaign to Congress;

• engaging in partisan political activities, or other activities designed to influence the outcome of an election to any public office;

• participating in, or endorsing, events or activities that are likely to include advocacy for or against political parties, political platforms, political candidates, proposed legislation, or elected officials;

• voter registration drives;

• organizing or participating in protests, petitions, boycotts, or strikes;

2.      Religious affairs

• engaging in religious instruction;

• conducting worship services;

• providing instruction as part of a program that includes mandatory religious instruction or worship;

• constructing or operating facilities devoted to religious instruction or worship;

• maintaining facilities primarily or inherently devoted to religious instruction or worship;

• engaging in any form of religious proselytizing;

 

3.      Union activities

• assisting, promoting, or deterring union organizing;

• impairing existing contracts for services or collective bargaining agreements;

 

4.      For-profit businesses

• providing a direct benefit to a for-profit entity, a labor union, a partisan political organization, or an organization engaged in religious activities

5.      Safety factors

• participating in activities that pose a significant safety risk to participants;

       6.      Fundraising

• fundraising (please see below)

AmeriCorps members may assist their organizations with major fundraising efforts no more than 10% of their total term of service. Corporation policy permits fundraising by AmeriCorps members to the extent that such activities: 

• provide immediate and direct support to a specific and direct service activity

• fall within the program’s approved direct service objectives

• are not the primary activity of the program

• do not involve significant amounts of time for any member

• involve in-kind donations rather than cash donations

 

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