Grant Officer: February 2025

Jamie McFaul, Grants Officer

Major projects completed:

  • Request for Applications for Rural and Regular Formula AmeriCorps were submitted to Procurement for approval
  • Scheduled out site monitoring visits with subgrantees
  • Assisted subgrantees with their certifications to comply with the EO’s from the federal government
  • Set up a Writeboard in Basecamp for the grants task force to review the National Directs information
  • Commission board meeting
  • Coding finalized and allotment ordered for 23FXFME001-0005 for Maine Conservation Corps
  • Approval of all compliant and correct budgets for the planning grants
  • Outreach to Alpha Legal Foundation about member enrollment
  • Staff report submitted
  • Set up AmeriCorps program directors in Basecamp and OnCorps
  • Outreach to GPCOG about final drawdowns
  • Updated contracts in Advantage to include the language concerning cybersecurity
  • Grants task force meeting to discuss the National Directs
  • Review and approval of all compliant fixed amount invoices

Items to be aware of:

  • GPCOG has an amendment that has not been submitted to the federal agency in order to comply with the certification of compliance with the EO’s, the reason is due to a glitch in the eGrants system

Major focus of effort for the next month:

  • Site monitoring visits