Grant Officer: March 2025

Major projects completed:

  • Request for Applications for Rural and Regular Formula AmeriCorps were approved and posted in the Kennebec Journal
  • Site visits at White Pine Program and Alpha Legal Foundation to review member files, interview members and any present site supervisors
  • Technical Assistance meeting 
  • Set up a Writeboard in Basecamp for the grants task force to review the AmeriCorps continuations and the new application submissions
  • Commission board meeting 
  • Processing planning grant periodic expense reports and their associated invoices 
  • Approval of all compliant and correct budgets for the planning grants 
  • Internal Controls class taken in Litmos (AmeriCorps compliance requirement) 
  • Staff report submitted
  • Peer reviewer orientation and set up of Writeboards for peer reviewers 
  • Training on FSRS transitioning to subaward reporting in Sam.gov
  • Hall of Flags Day at the State Capitol in Augusta 
  • Closeout documents sent out to all past planning grants under 21AFFME001 
  • Meeting with potential Executive Directors
  • Posted the Q+A’s for the RFA’s to the Procurement website

Items to be aware of:
None at this time 

Major focus of effort for the next month:

  • Site monitoring visits continue with Planning Grants 
  • Grantmaking process continues for AmeriCorps Formula (Continuations and New) 
  • Closeout of the 20FXHME001 and 21ESFME001