### Question
What does community service mean?


### Answer
**Community service** has the following meaning in *20 U.S.C. § 1070c*:

> services, including direct service, planning, and applied research which are identified by an institution of higher education, through formal or informal consultation with local nonprofit, governmental, and community-based organizations, and which—


(1) are designed to improve the quality of life for community residents, particularly low-income individuals, or to solve particular problems related to the needs of such residents, including but not limited to, such fields as health care, child care, education, literacy training, welfare, social services, public safety, crime prevention and control, transportation, recreation, housing and neighborhood improvement, rural development, and community improvement

#### Citation:
  - *20 U.S.C. § 1070c*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 28-HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE > SUBCHAPTER IV-STUDENT ASSISTANCE > Part A-Grants to Students in Attendance at Institutions of Higher Education > subpart 4-leveraging educational assistance partnership program**

