Took the required survey of the Organizational Culture Map survey for the DEI Committee at the DOE
Preparation for Co-presentation with the GPCOG's AmeriCorps member with their member conference session on how to use Enneagrams for professional development
Attended the Maine Marine Ecology Collaborative Summit to generate ideas for how the Maine Department of Education can support increased access to marine science opportunities
Planner training in Microsoft Teams
GTF meeting agenda to go over the plan to "right-size" a few AmeriCorps programs and the Special grant initiative for Maine Conservation Corps to support increased access to marine science opportunities.
Meeting with MDF staff to discuss their grant utilization, as they have only filled two of their five slots for the year
Setting up Fixed Formula ARPA funding codes for subgrantees
Closed out 18ESHME001, the Maine Conservation Corps; Final GPR submitted, and all close-out documents sent to Regional Portfolio Manager
Attended the ASC Northeast Region Check-In
Processing of PER's and reimbursement request for all AmeriCorps programs
Staff tech support and host for the networking sessions for the AmeriCorps Member Conference
Sent out AmeriCorps survey (Marine Ecology) to assess how many slots would be needed for those organizations present at the Marine Ecology Summit
Working with Maine Conservation Corps staff about potential extra slots they might need to respond to the Governor's initiative to provide high quality marine ecology education to youth
Issues to be aware of:
MEAP has already lost their new Program Director, therefore the program will be close-out, effective immediately
MDF's Program Director is resigning, the program will continue with a new PD in place, there is a corrective action that was delivered to them based on their lack of full enrollment, which is due in April
Major focus of effort for the next month:
Close-out of Maine Energy AmeriCorps Program
Developing civic reflection training material for AmeriCorps members for the second call
Continued an ongoing review and process of Periodic Expense Reports (PER's), Periodic Income Reports (PIR's), Aggregated Financial Reports (AFR's) and Grantee Progress Reports (GPR's) along with corresponding reimbursement requests