All Reports
EVALUATION OF AMERICORPS GRANTS AWARDED TO THE MAINE COMMISSION FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE
The evaluation of AmeriCorps grants awarded to the Maine Commission for Community Service (the Commission) and one of its 14 subgrantees (LearningWorks) identified questioned Federal costs of $254,014, questioned match costs of $592,737, and compliance findings, covering the three years beginning January 1, 2016.
Fiscal Year 2020 Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) Evaluation of the Corporation for National and Community Service
The information security program of the Corporation for National and Community Service, now called AmeriCorps, remains Not Effective and has shown little progress over the past four years. While AmeriCorps has demonstrated some improvement on configuration management, key areas of organization-wide risk management strategy, standard baseline configurations, Personal Identity Verification (PIV) multifactor authentication, and vulnerability and patch management have remained stagnant at a low level of maturity.
Semiannual Report to Congress: April 1, 2020 - September 30, 2020
The Corporation for National and Community Service, Office of Inspector General (CNCS-OIG) presents its Semiannual Report, covering the six-month period of April 1, 2020 - September 30, 2020
Audit of the Corporation for National and Community Service Grants Awarded to Youthprise
The audit of a CNCS Social Innovation Fund award to Youthprise and four of its six subgrantees (Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, MIGIZI Communications, Sauk-Rapids Rice, and Guadalupe Alternative Programs) identified questioned Federal costs of $626,099, questioned match costs of $990,137, and compliance findings. These costs tested were incurred between August 1, 2016 and June 30, 2018. Most of the questioned costs identified were associated with (1) Youthprise improperly awarding sole-source contracts; and (2) subgrantees’ timekeeping deficiencies.
Semiannual Report to Congress: October 1, 2019 - March 31, 2020
The Corporation for National and Community Service, Office of Inspector General (CNCS-OIG) presents its Spring 2020 Semiannual Report, covering the six-month period of October 1, 2019 – March 31, 2020.
Performance Audit of the Corporation for National and Community Service's Compliance with the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 for Fiscal Year 2019.
Despite continuing work to improve its Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act (IPERA) compliance program, the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) did not meet three of the six IPERA compliance criteria, unchanged from FY 2018. Specifically, CNCS was unable to reliably estimate the amount or the rate of improper payments in the AmeriCorps State and National Program, the Foster Grandparent Program (FGP), the Senior Companion Program, and the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP).