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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:
CNCS-OIG also has jurisdiction to investigate allegations of whistleblower retaliation involving:
Examples of matters to be reported to AmeriCorps OIG:
The following matters are NOT generally investigated by AmeriCorps OIG:
This report provides an overview of the work of the Office of Inspector General during the period of October 1, 2025 through March 31, 2026.
A former executive of a Chicago-area non-profit organization has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for misappropriating nearly $1.9 million through a pair of fraud schemes.
The audit of AmeriCorps’ Grant Closeout Process found that AmeriCorps’ grant closeout policies and procedures generally complied with the provisions of 2 C.F.R. § 200.344 with the following issues identified: 1) AmeriCorps did not have adequate policies and procedures for processing grant funds...
This report provides a summary of the results of the AmeriCorps OIG's peer review of the NEA OIG's system of quality control over its audit operations for the three year period ending March 31, 2025. Peer reviews result in a report rating of pass, pass with deficiencies, or fail. The NEA OIG...
Pursuant to the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA), an independent external auditor, on behalf of OIG conducted an annual independent audit of AmeriCorps’ information security program and practices. The fiscal year (FY) 2025 FISMA audit concluded that AmeriCorps’...
Independent auditors have declined to issue an opinion on AmeriCorps’ financial statements for the ninth year. They issued a disclaimer of opinion reporting 11 material weaknesses and two significant deficiencies and added three new recommendations. The auditors, however, verified that AmeriCorps...
The National Service Trust holds the funds set aside to pay the education awards of national service members who successfully complete their service terms. Responsibility for the education awards that have been earned or will be earned in the near future is the largest liability on AmeriCorps’...
AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigated allegations that the Foster Grandparent Program (FGP) Director of Community Action Partnership of North Alabama (CAPNA) had not performed the duties of the position since 2019, contrary to representations made to AmeriCorps in grant documents...
The AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigated allegations that Public Allies mismanaged its AmeriCorps members (members) in relation to its July 2022 restructuring, which included the closure of some local offices and service sites. Following the restructuring, AmeriCorps OIG...
WASHINGTON – Nicholas Moore, 24, of Springfield, Tennessee, pleaded guilty this morning in U.S. District Court in connection with hacking the electronic filing system of the U.S. Supreme Court at least 25 times and additionally hacking accounts at AmeriCorps and the Veterans Administration Health...
