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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:
An anonymous hotline complainant alleged AmeriCorps members were not paid their stipends due to timesheets their supervisor lost. The complainant also alleged the program was mismanaged and members were treated poorly by their supervisors.
A hotline complainant alleged that AmeriCorps members assigned to a California grantee performed services outside the scope of the veterans and military families grant.
CNCS-OIG investigators determined that District of Columbia Commission officials misused Federal program funds when they purchased T-shirts for events held by the Mayor's Office. As a result of the investigation and CNCS program and grant officials' review, management recovered $45,455.29 in...
An investigation was initiated based on information received by CNCS management that a Foster Grandparent Program volunteer was arrested by the Laramie County Sheriff's Office for allegedly touching a child inappropriately.
CNCS-OIG investigators found that a Nevada Commission employee violated the Commission's conflict of interest policy when the employee received a small item from an AmeriCorps subgrantee for his personal business.
A hotline complainant alleged that VISTA and AmeriCorps members serving at a West Virginia grantee site displaced staff employees.
CNCS management reported that a CNCS employee may have submitted fraudulent timesheets when she claimed hours not worked. CNCS management terminated the employee and sought $772.96 for hours not worked.
