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Reports: Investigations

AmeriCorps Disallows Over $110,000 in Education Awards Based Upon Improper Timesheets and Unallowable Changes to Member Service Terms

Report Number
2020-034

AmeriCorps OIG initiated this investigation after receiving a referral from OIG’s Office of Audits. The referral alleged that, in 2019, Delaware’s Governor's Commission on Community & Volunteer Service, an AmeriCorps State and National Program grantee also known as Volunteer Delaware, was not providing adequate oversight of its subrecipient, Delaware’s Division of Parks and Recreation (DPR).

Investigation

AmeriCorps Dismisses Whistleblower Complaint Due to Evidence that the Complainant was Terminated Based on Performance Issues

Report Number
2023-129

A former AmeriCorps grantee staff member (“Complainant”) alleged that management at the grantee terminated the Complainant’s employment after the Complainant made a protected disclosure related to the Complainant’s concerns about the grantee’s financial management and stewardship. AmeriCorps OIG concluded that the evidence did not support the allegations of whistleblower retaliation. The grantee terminated the Complainant based on performance issues that predated any protected disclosure.

Investigation

AmeriCorps Disallows Improperly Charged Salary Costs from a VISTA Program

Report Number
2021-002

The AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General investigated potential displacement of paid staff at Hawaii Community Assets (HCA), undisclosed dual employment by a program official at HCA and Aloha United Way (AUW), and improper charging of time by two Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) program officials at AUW.

Investigation

AmeriCorps Dismisses Whistleblower Complaint Due to Lack of Evidence

Report Number
2023-065

The AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General investigated alleged whistleblower retaliation at an AmeriCorps grantee. Following receipt of AmeriCorps OIG's report summarizing the investigation, AmeriCorps did not substantiate the complaint or order relief. 

Investigation

AmeriCorps Issued Debt to Recover Costs Associated with Volunteer Stipends and Non-compliant National Service Criminal History Checks

Report Number
Case ID 2023-030

The AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General (AmeriCorps OIG) investigated allegations that the City of Oakland, Office on Aging (City of Oakland) paid Senior Companion Program (SCP) and Foster Grandparent Program (FGP) volunteers full stipends when volunteers either did not serve or document the hours claimed following the end of AmeriCorps’ authorization for grantees to pay volunteers a temporary allowance due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Investigation

AmeriCorps Disallows Subgrantee Costs Associated with Living Allowances, Education Awards, and Non-compliant National Service Criminal History Checks

Report Number
2021-024

The AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General (AmeriCorps OIG) investigated allegations that surfaced during an AmeriCorps OIG audit regarding the submittal of false documents and unallowable living allowances to non-AmeriCorps members (members) by AmeriCorps State and National subgrantee, Kuumba Academy, located in Wilmington, DE.

Investigation