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Abbreviation
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)
Hotline Page
https://www.americorpsoig.gov/hotline
Whistleblower Protection Page
https://www.americorpsoig.gov/whistleblower-protection

Audit of AmeriCorps’ Fiscal Year 2023 National Service Trust Fund Financial Statement

2024
OIG-AR-24-02
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 2023 Consolidated Financial Statements

2024
OIG-AR-24-01
Audit
AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General
AmeriCorps

Independent auditors have declined to issue an opinion on AmeriCorps’ financial statements for the seventh year. They issued a disclaimer of opinion reporting 12 material weaknesses and two significant deficiencies. Eleven of the material weaknesses are recurring, four of them since FY 2017, six...

Management Challenges

2024
Top Management Challenges
AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General
AmeriCorps

This report identifies three management challenges confronting AmeriCorps in fiscal year (FY) 2024 and beyond:· Improving financial management;· Prioritizing grant fraud prevention and detection in its programs; and· Modernizing and securing information technology.While it does not rise to the...

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