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Abbreviation
AmeriCorps
Agencies
AmeriCorps
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What to Report to the OIG Hotline

If you know about waste, fraud, abuse, misconduct, mismanagement, or whistleblower reprisal relating to a AmeriCorps employee, program, operation, grant or contract, you may report it to the AmeriCorps OIG Hotline. AmeriCorps OIG has jurisdiction over disclosures involving AmeriCorps employees, programs, operations, grants, and contracts, including these AmeriCorps programs:

  • AmeriCorps State and National
  • AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America)
  • AmeriCorps NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps)
  • FEMA Corps
  • Senior Corps (Foster Grandparent, Senior Companion, and RSVP)

CNCS-OIG also has jurisdiction to investigate allegations of whistleblower retaliation involving:

  • Employees of AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps grantees, subgrantees, contractors and subcontractors.

Examples of matters to be reported to AmeriCorps OIG:

  • Any suspected criminal activity or violations of law, such as:
    • Any other misconduct in connection with operations, programs, activities, contracts, subcontracts, grants or subgrants;
    • Mismanagement, abuse of authority or other misconduct by any AmeriCorps personnel.
What Not to Report to the OIG Hotline

The following matters are NOT generally investigated by AmeriCorps OIG:

  • 911 emergencies
  • EEO Complaints (For such matters, please refer to the AmeriCorps Equal Employment Opportunity Office)
Hotline Page
https://www.americorpsoig.gov/hotline
Whistleblower Protection Page
https://www.americorpsoig.gov/whistleblower-protection

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

2025
2020-034
Investigation
AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General
AmeriCorps

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...

AmeriCorps' Compliance with the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 for Fiscal Year 2024

2025
OIG-AR-25-04
Audit
AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General
AmeriCorps

The Payment Integrity Information Act (PIIA) requires agencies to annually review and identify programs and activities that may be susceptible to significant improper payments, estimate the improper payment rates in agency programs, and report on their actions to reduce and recover those payments...

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

2025
2021-024
Investigation
AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General
AmeriCorps

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...

AmeriCorps Disallows Improperly Charged Salary Costs from a VISTA Program

2025
2021-002
Investigation
AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General
AmeriCorps

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...

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

2025
2023-129
Investigation
AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General
AmeriCorps

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...

AmeriCorps Disallows Living Allowances Paid to Members Before They Were Enrolled in the My AmeriCorps Portal

2025
2019-054
Investigation
AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General
AmeriCorps

The AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General investigated allegations that Movement of Youth, located in Durham, NC, improperly paid living allowances to AmeriCorps members before they were enrolled into the My AmeriCorps Portal and the AmeriCorps grants management system (eGrants).

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