Administrative Staff Reports: August

Submitted: September 19, 2025

Jamie McFaul, Grants Officer

Major projects completed:

• Rural RFA written and posted (competition is now open for applicants)
• Technical Assistance meeting
• Maine Volunteer Leadership Conference
• Multiple Life After AmeriCorps meetings for organizing the upcoming Member Conference in October
• Volunteer Maine staff meetings
• Contract written for Goodwill and White Pine and sent out for signature
• Securing the site at University of Maine in Augusta for the member conference
• Processing planning grant periodic expense reports and their associated invoices
• Employee PRISM training
• AmeriCorps Seniors Roundtable with staff members from all four members of Maine’s delegation
• Assisted Main Street Skowhegan with slot changes
• GTF meeting about grant money and whether to run a competition or to distribute funds to expanding MSY for already operating programs
• Set up Goodwill and White Pine in the grant management platform, OnCorps

Items to be aware of:

• Contracts are being issued for GPCOG, Main Street Skowhegan and White Pine
• Competitive NOFO should be released soon so there will be a Competitive grant RFA process

Major focus of effort for the next month:

• Rural RFA process
• Peer review orientation
• Contract issued for Formula grants (continuations)