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Reports: Audit

Agreed-Upon Procedures for the Corporation for National and Community Service Grants Awarded to SerVermont

Report Number
18-13

The agreed-upon procedures (AUP) review of AmeriCorps grant funds to SerVermont, Vermont’s State Service Commission and two subrecipients identified questioned Federal costs totaling $122,551, questioned matching costs of $38,746, questioned Education Awards of $40,342 and compliance findings. The majority of the questioned costs were caused by deficiencies with National Service Criminal History Checks.

Audit

PERFORMANCE AUDIT OF THE CNCS's COMPLIANCE WITH IPERA FOR FY 2017

Report Number
18-04

Despite a continuous focus on improving its Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 (IPERA) compliance program, the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) remains unable to reliably estimate the amount or the rate of improper payments in the AmeriCorps State and National Program (AmeriCorps), Foster Grandparent Program (FGP), Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), and Senior Companion Program (SCP).

Audit

Audit of CNCS Grants Awarded to Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City

Report Number
Report No. 18-07

Audit of Corporation for National and Community Service Grants to the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City The Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City (Mayor's Fund) served as the intermediary (i.e., the prime grantee) for a Social Innovation Fund (SIF) grant from CNCS totaling approximately $28.5 million for the period from August 1, 2010 to July 31, 2015. The Mayor's Fund divided its responsibilities among itself, the Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO) and MDRC, a non-profit, nonpartisan social and education policy research firm.

Audit

Fiscal Year 2017 Federal Information Security Modernization Act Evaluation

Report Number
18-03

CNCS has devoted significant resources to improving cybersecurity over the past few years, with meaningful progress. Although its information security program is not yet sufficiently mature, it can reach effectiveness with continued effort and investment. Achieving effectiveness will require attention to weaknesses that pose significant risks to information security. Our 2017 evaluation found inadequacies in risk management, configuration management, identity and access management, information security continuous monitoring, and contingency planning.

Inspection / Evaluation

Agreed-Upon Procedures for Corporation Grants Awarded to the Kentucky Commission on Community Service and Volunteerism

Report Number
18-08

The Office of Inspector General awarded a contract to RSM US, LLP to perform agreed-upon procedures to the Kentucky Commission on Community Volunteerism and Service (KCCVS) grants. KCCVS receives funding from CNCS and the Kentucky General Assembly. KCCVS administered AmeriCorps funds approximating $9.3 million awarded between January 1, 2013 and September 1, 2016 under five grant agreements ($5.4 million under cost-reimbursable awards and $3.9 under fixed-type awards).

Audit

Audit of the CNCS's Fiscal Year 2017 National Service Trust Fund Financial Statements

Report Number
Report No. 18-02

We issued a disclaimer of opinion on the audit the National Service Trust Fund financial statements (Trust financial statements) as of September 30, 2017 and for the year then ended. CNCS was unable to provide adequate evidential matter to support a significant number of transactions and account balances due to inadequate processes and controls to support transactions and estimates, and incomplete records to support transactions in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

Audit

Audit of the CNCS's Fiscal Year 2017 Consolidated Financial Statements

Report Number
Report No. 18-01

We issued a disclaimer of opinion on the consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) as of September 30, 2017 and for the year then ended. Key audit findings were: • CNCS was unable to provide adequate evidential matter to support a significant number of transactions and account balances due to inadequate processes and controls to support transactions and estimates, and incomplete records to support transactions in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

Audit

Performance Audit of the CNCS's Compliance with the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014

Report Number
18-05

CNCS did not fully comply with the DATA Act due to weaknesses in its existing financial reporting system (internal control over source systems) and internal control weaknesses within financial reporting, data management, and data reporting processes. CNCS did not submit complete, timely, quality, and accurate financial and award data for the FY 2017 second quarter. The Corporation continues to grapple with the implementation challenges previously reported in the readiness review, as well as new challenges identified by this performance audit.

Audit

AGREED-UPON PROCEDURES FOR CNCS GRANTS AWARDED TO SERVE WASHINGTON

Report Number
18-06

Serve Washington administered $40,328,621 of AmeriCorps funds during the three years ending September 30, 2016. Serve Washington awarded subgrants to 17 organizations and was responsible for programmatic and financial oversight.

Audit