Grants Officer: January 2023

Submitted by Jamie McFaul, Grants Officer

Major projects completed:   
•    Desktop review for Game Loft Maine Conservation Corps; reviewing member files for compliance 
•    Updating work plan to chart out until the end of March 
•    Review of performance measures only in OnCorps for AmeriCorps programs
•    Meeting with UMaine COA program director 
•    Review and approval of AmeriCorps position descriptions in OnCorps
•    Consulted with and completed slot change for UMaine COA
•    Assisting Main Street Skowhegan’s program director with OnCorps GPR issues when entering performance measures 
•    Corrective action letter sent to Maine Youth Alliance regarding missing documents from desk monitoring review, which has since been sent in
•    Attending the AmeriCorps member conference 
•    Update a new program director for MCC into the OnCorps online system

Issues to be aware of:
•    None currently

Major focus of effort for the next month:
•    Updating the Monitoring tool template to ensure compliance 
•    Check the data collection plan for those in their 2nd year that started in September and for those that started in January 
•    Continued desktop/site review for Q2 monitoring
•    Risk Assessments for all AmeriCorps programs; starting with Game Loft and Maine Conservation Corps 
•    Reading the DOE assigned book, Big Potential, to discuss in later meeting
•    Completion of work plan from April – August, submission by end of month