Submitted: March 5, 2020
Submitted by: Jamie McFaul, Grants Officer
Major projects completed:
- Site monitoring visit conducted for Colby College AmeriCorps program for the review of member files for compliance, and to conduct member interviews
- Site monitoring visit conducted for the Maine Partnership for Environmental Stewardship at an off-site member training to conduct member interviews
- Review and approval of AmeriCorps position descriptions for Environmental Stewards and Portland DEP Biological Monitor serving with the Maine Conservation Corps
- Co-facilitated AmeriCorps program staff Technical Assistance (TA) meeting on February 20th
- Site Visit Report sent as a draft out to Game Loft based on findings at the time of the site visit
- Continued an ongoing review of expense reports, submitted budgets, and processing of reimbursement requests for all programs
- Follow-up Site monitoring visit for the Maine Partnership for Environmental Stewardship on the Lewiston campus to review of member files for compliance
- Completed CNCS required training for the NSCHC
Issues to be aware of:
- Have made positive contact with MSAD 70 program staff, and they are working on closing out this grant
- When Trekkers Program Director left, there was a gap in time where a member did not get enrolled in a timely manner, yet the member was serving. This issue was discovered upon a site monitoring visit, and it will be brought to CNCS contact to seek correction due to circumstance.
Major focus of effort for the next month:
- Preparing Continuations for all 7 of the AmeriCorps (Formula) programs to go out in March, exact date TBD
- Wrapping up site monitoring visits in the State for Learning Works, Healthy Acadia and Maine Conservation Corps