Reports: Investigations

A CNCS-OIG investigation found no evidence that two AmeriCorps members assigned to a family planning center in Chicago, IL engaged in prohibited activity when they attended an abortion procedure.

The OIG received hotline allegations that AmeriCorps members assigned to the Summit Tutoring Corps (Summit), Redwood City, CA, were displacing staff.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

CNCS management alerted CNCS-OIG of an allegation concerning Prohibited Abortion Activity directed by an AmeriCorps grantee employee with the International Institute of Metropolitan St. Louis (IISTL), St Louis, MO.

CNCS-OIG completed its investigation into hotline allegations that VISTA members (VISTA) assigned to Programa de Apoyo y Enlace Comunitaro (PAEC), Rincon, PR, were directed to perform duties ordinarily performed by a paid employee.