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AmeriCorps
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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)

Audit of AmeriCorps’ Fiscal Year 2024 National Service Trust Financial Statements

2025
OIG-AR-25-02
Audit
AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General
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’...

Audit of AmeriCorps’ Fiscal Year 2024 Consolidated Financial Statements

2025
OIG-AR-25-01
Audit
AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General
AmeriCorps

Independent auditors have declined to issue an opinion on AmeriCorps’ financial statements for the eighth 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...

Fiscal Year 2024 Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) Audit

2025
OIG-AR-24-03
Audit
AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General
AmeriCorps

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) 2024 FISMA audit concluded that AmeriCorps’...

Management Alert: Ensuring Proper Oversight of Major Contracts to Avoid Significant Cost Overruns

2024
Other
AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General
AmeriCorps

The AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General (OIG) has identified concerns regarding the award, management, and oversight of a contract for AmeriCorps’ new grants management system. Specifically, this alert identifies several factors contributing to cost overruns that will likely exceed $9 million...

AmeriCorps Inconsistent in Handling of Misconduct Allegations and Did Not Report Alleged Waste

2024
CaseID2023-013
Investigation
AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General
AmeriCorps

An AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General (AmeriCorps OIG) investigation found that AmeriCorps was inconsistent in how it handled allegations of misconduct by senior management and that AmeriCorps hired a third-party contractor to investigate allegations of financial mismanagement on the part of a...

AmeriCorps Disallowed Education Awards Due to Improper Timesheet Alterations

2024
CaseID2019-008
Investigation
AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General
AmeriCorps

The AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General (AmeriCorps OIG) investigated an allegation that AmeriCorps members serving at the Community and Economic Development Office (CEDO) in Burlington, VT, were directed to alter previously approved timesheets. The investigation foundevidence that CEDO’s...

AmeriCorps’ Compliance with the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 for Fiscal Year 2023

2024
OIG-AR-24-04
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 Disallowed Funds Resulting from Falsified Volunteer Timesheets

2024
CaseID2021-008
Investigation
AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General
AmeriCorps

The AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General (AmeriCorps OIG) investigated allegations that multiple AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Companion Program (SCP) volunteers submitted falsified timesheets during their service at Kansas City Shepherd’s Center (KCSC). The investigation substantiated that three SCP...

AmeriCorps Agreed to Implement Safeguards in Future IT System Following Findings of AmeriCorps OIG Investigation to Prevent the Misuse of Personal Identifiable Information

2024
CaseID2020-028
Investigation
AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General
AmeriCorps

The AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General (AmeriCorps OIG) investigated an allegation that the President of the Great Lakes Community Conservation Corps (GLCCC) misused personal identifiable information provided by prospective AmeriCorps members at recruitment sessions to enroll them in AmeriCorps'...

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