45 CFR §2522.710

1. (a)If you are a State commission, you must establish and enforce evaluation requirements for your State formula subgrantees, as you deem appropriate.
2. (b)If you are a State competitive or direct AmeriCorps grantee (other than an Education Award Program grantee), and your average annual AmeriCorps program grant is $500,000 or more, you must arrange for an independent evaluation of your program, and you must submit the evaluation with any application to AmeriCorps for competitive funds as required in § 2522.730 of this subpart.
3. (c)If you are a State competitive or direct AmeriCorps grantee whose average annual AmeriCorps program grant is less than $500,000, or an Education Award Program grantee, you must conduct an internal evaluation of your program, and you must submit the evaluation with any application to AmeriCorps for competitive funds as required in § 2522.730 of this subpart.
4. (d)AmeriCorps may, in its discretion, supersede these requirements with an alternative evaluation approach, including one conducted by the AmeriCorps at the national level.
5. (e)Grantees must cooperate fully with all AmeriCorps evaluation activities.