LIVING ALLOWANCE.

SEC. 147. LIVING ALLOWANCE. (a) Full-Time Service.— (1) In general.—From assistance provided under this sub-title, each participant in a full-time national service program 104 STAT. 3155 receiving assistance under this subtitle shall receive a living allowance of not more than an amount equal to 100 percent of the poverty line for a family of two (as denned in section 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))). (2) Non-federal sources.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a program agency may provide participants with additional amounts that are made available from non-Federal sources. (b) Reduction in Existing Program Benefits.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a program in existence on the date of enactment of this Act to decrease any stipends, salaries, or living allowances provided to participants under such program. (c) Health Insurance.—In addition to the living allowance provided under subsection (a), grantees are encouraged to provide health insurance to each participant in a full-time national service program who does not otherwise have access to health insurance. (d) Special Senior Service Participant.— (1) Full-time.—Each full-time special senior service participant shall receive a living allowance equal to the living allowance provided to full-time participants under subsection (a), and such other assistance as the Commission considers necessary and appropriate for a special senior service participant to carry out the service obligation of such participant. (2) Part-time.—Each part-time special senior service participant shall receive a living allowance equal to a share of such allowance offered to a full-time special senior service participant under paragraph (1), that has been prorated according to the number of hours such part-time participant serves in the program, and such other assistance that the Commission considers necessary and appropriate for a special senior service participant to carry out the service obligation of such participant.