Grant Officer: October 2024

Jamie McFaul, Grants Officer

Major projects completed:

•    Sent out Conditional Contract awards to Alpha Legal Foundation and submitted their selection package to Procurement 
•    Initiated the amendment under 23FXFME001 for the Alpha Legal Foundation funding 
•    Confirmed that the board authorization signature form and the grantee report authorization forms are filled out correctly for MCC and GPCOG
•    Grants task force meeting about the match level policy
•    Sent out the Conditional Contract award notifications to Hospice Volunteers of Somerset County, Black Owned Maine and Democracy Maine
•    Met with the Program director from White Pine on background check information, the onboarding process and member selection 
•    Sent out the RFA# 202410178 AmeriCorps Competitive Grant proof to the Kennebec Journal
•    Review and approval of all compliant program income reports and sent out notices for programs that were missing the PIR’s
•    Entered the program directors of the new planning grants into the OnCorps system
•    Set up accounting codes for the Alpha Legal Foundation 
•    Assisted Haystack Mountain program director with their periodic expense reports and the subsequent invoices 
•    Sent out Continuation instructions to the program director for the Greater Portland Council of Governments 
•    Compiled and submitted the grant selection package to procurement for the Planning Grants 
•    Meeting with Regional Portfolio Manager to discuss the Alpha Legal Foundation amendment process
•    Monthly Technical Assistance meeting with subgrantees 

Items to be aware of:
•    None this month

Major focus of effort for the next month:
•    AmeriCorps member file and ongoing timesheet monitoring 
•    Competitive grant making process with GTF 
•    Contracts for the new planning grants