All Reports
Allegation of Ineligible Senior Corps Volunteer (Unsubstantiated) / Failure to Complete Background Checks
This investigation was initiated after CNCS program personnel discovered during a compliance monitoring visit that a Senior Companion Program (SCP) volunteer in Delaware may have failed to report his prior sex offense convictions to the State of Delaware making him ineligible to serve.
Allegations of Unallowable Service Hours and Mileage Reimbursement (Unsubstantiated)
This investigation was initiated based on hotline allegations from an individual who requested anonymity, who alleged that some members assigned to the California Tribal AmeriCorps Program had inflated their service hours and/or claimed mileage reimbursement from their place of residence to their service sites.
Allegations of Displacement Leads to Program Review
This investigation was initiated based on hotline allegations from an anonymous complainant who reported staff displacement, inaccurate timekeeping and lack of supervision at the AmeriCorps program.
Improper National Sex Offender Public Website Checks Lead to Disallowed Costs/ CNCS Management Follow Up on Internal Control and Use of Volunteers Issues
A hotline call alleged that Senior Corps management with the Central County United Way (CCUW), Hemet, CA, were inflating volunteer service hours, assigning volunteer service activities outside the scope of the grant and displacing staff.
Improper National Sex Offender Public Website Checks Lead to Disallowed Costs
CNCS-OIG received hotline allegations that AmeriCorps members assigned to the Detroit Parent Network (DPN) Project Graduation AmeriCorps Program, Detroit, MI, were assigned service activities outside the scope of the grant and had displaced DPN staff as employees.
Former AmeriCorps Grantee Finance Director Embezzled Non-CNCS Funds
The United States District Attorney’s Office, District of Rhode Island (USAO), Providence, RI, found that Mr. Charles Denno, former Finance Director, The Providence Plan (ProvPlan), Providence, RI, an AmeriCorps grantee, embezzled over $500,000, in agency funds, during a check writing and forgery scheme between 2012 and 2016.