Volunteer Services.

Unpaid services provided by volunteers for a subgrantee will be valued at rates consistent with those ordinarily paid for similar work in the subgrantee’s organization. If the subgrantee does not have employees performing similar work, the rates will be consistent with those ordinarily paid by other employers for similar work in the same labor market.

Employees of Other Organizations.

When an employee of an organization other than a subgrantee furnishes services free of charge in the employee’s normal line of work, the services will be valued at the employee’s regular rate of pay, exclusive of the employee’s fringe benefits and overhead costs. However, if an employee is federally-funded, their donated services cannot be used as a source of match to traffic safety grants.

For example, if a local doctor helps stuff envelopes announcing a car safety seat check-up, that time spent would be estimated at local hourly clerical rates. However, if the same doctor donates time and medical expertise during a health fair, that time can be estimated at the doctor’s going rate.

TRF-BTS distributes annually to all districts and subgrantees a listing of approved volunteer match rates that are to be used for that fiscal year’s grants. Approved volunteer match rates are included for:

Other volunteers include those assisting traffic safety programs for bike, occupant protection, safe communities, alcohol and other drugs, and other general traffic safety activities.

The rates are based on the most recent rate found on the

Independent Sector Website

.