Grant Officer: April 2025

Major projects completed:

  • Rural and Regular Formula AmeriCorps grant process began
  • Closeout reporting completed for 20FXHME001 and 21ESFME001
  • Verified the closeout for 20FXHME001-0003
  • Technical Assistance meeting
  • Meeting with the Alpha Legal Foundation Program Director about how to invoice in OnCorps
  • Assisted White Pines with their continuation in eGrants
  • Attended ASN monthly call
  • Processed invoices in OnCorps and MainePays
  • Set up a Writeboard in Basecamp for the peer reviewers to review the AmeriCorps new application submission from Goodwill
  • Commission board meeting
  • Processing planning grant periodic expense reports and their associated invoices
  • Staff report submitted
  • GTF meeting about grant review, who will do continuations and who will do the new application review
  • Communications (Urgent) about the status of AmeriCorps and the termination of their awards
  • Meeting with the Maine Re-Entry Network about the closeout process for their grant
  • Peer reviewer orientation and set up of Writeboards for peer reviewers
  • Outreach to regional office about eGrants amendment that needed to be processed
  • Review and approval of all compliant position descriptions
  • Congressional Delegation meeting with the Alpha Legal Foundation
  • Assisting Goodwill with eGrants issues
  • Closeout documents sent to 22AFFME001 (Planning Grants)
  • Peer Review consensus call for the Goodwill application
  • Review and approval of the compliant grantee progress reports

Items to be aware of:

  • All AmeriCorps subgrantees are in the process of terminating their contracts with the Commission; they have 10 days, making May 19th their final date of termination

Major focus of effort for the next month:

  • Grant Closeouts
  • Grantmaking process continues for AmeriCorps Formula (Continuations and New)