Section 610.70  Member Recruitment and Selection

a)         Each approved AmeriCorp program shall be responsible for the recruitment, interview, and selection of qualified members who possess leadership potential and a commitment to the goals of the AmeriCorps program, regardless of educational level, work experience, or economic background.  Programs shall select members in a non-partisan, non-political, and non-discriminatory manner.

b)         A program may undertake its own recruitment efforts for prospective members and/or it may seek prospective members from the Corporation's national recruitment system and/or the Illinois referral list which shall be maintained by the Advisory Council. The Advisory Council shall work with approved programs at their request to select some members from the Illinois and national recruitment systems in order to supplement local recruitment with people who are from different backgrounds and regions of the nation, have special skills or training, and desire to serve but live in areas where there are few or no national service programs.

c)         The Advisory Council shall prepare and approve an application form which shall be used by all prospective Illinois AmeriCorps members when making application to an approved program or when submitting their application to the Advisory Council for inclusion in the Illinois referral list. Nothing herein shall preclude an approved program from requesting or requiring further information from prospective members provided that any such requests or requirements for further information are not inconsistent with the Act and the rules promulgated thereunder or with this Part.

d)         To ensure that members understand what will be expected from them, programs shall use member contracts that stipulate terms of service, acceptable conduct, duties and responsibilities, grievance procedures, termination rules, and other conditions and terms not inconsistent with the Act and the rules promulgated thereunder or with this Part.