Administrative Staff Reports: November

Submitted: December 11, 2025

Jamie McFaul, Grants Officer

Major projects completed:

  • Submission of Federal program progress reports for 24ESFME001 and 23FXFME001
  • AmeriCorps Technical Assistance meeting
  • Volunteer Maine staff meetings
  • Drafting AmeriCorps continuation contracts
  • Grants Task Force consensus call for HVOSC, both private and public
  • AmeriCorps risk assessments
  • MOCA all staff meeting
  • ASC public policy call and update
  • Check in with Program Development and Training Officer to review the contract template for fixed amount awards
  • Wrote up the Grants Task Force report to the Commission  
  • States for Service Monthly Coalition Call
  • Processing AmeriCorps invoices
  • Sent the Competitive RFA over to procurement for a preliminary review
  • Account code set up for 23FXFME001 and 24ESFME001
  • Commission business meeting
  • Virtual site visit with GPCOG to do member file monitoring
  • Update and correction to the OnCorps income report for invoicing
  • Amendment to the Democracy Maine contract to the correct end date
  • On site member file review with Main Street Skowhegan
  • Check-in and initial review of all of the grantee progress reports submitted on time
  • AmeriCorps future planning with the Executive Director and the Program Development and Training officer given the imminent retirement

Items to be aware of:

  • None at this time

Major focus of effort for the next month:

  • Contracts being processed through State procurement system for Formula and Competitive grants
  • RFA process for Competitive
  • Getting invoices sorted
  • Technical Assistance meeting
  • Grantee Progress Reports due to the Federal Agency at the end of the month (November)