Administrative Staff Reports: October

Submitted: November 14, 2025

Jamie McFaul, Grants Officer

Major projects completed:

  • Checked in the Hospice Volunteers of Somerset County grant application from RFA# 202508124
  • Updated the AmeriCorps Standard Formula Grants: Peer Reviewer Workspace Writeboards for the Peer Reviewers
  • AmeriCorps Technical Assistance meeting
  • Peer review orientation to the grantmaking and review process
  • Peer review consensus call for the review of the Hospice Volunteers of Somerset County rural grant application
  • Volunteer Maine staff meetings
  • Final AmeriCorps Member Conference meetings to discuss logistics
  • Grants Task Force Meeting to discuss the upcoming Rural RFA timeline process
  • All day AmeriCorps Member Conference (Life After AmeriCorps)
  • MOCA all staff meeting
  • Submitted RQS document into Advantage for the creation of a BPO for OnCorps
  • Check in meeting with the Executive Director about AmeriCorps programs
  • Wrote up the Peer Review report to the Grants Task Force
  • Sent out Board Authorization forms for Maine Conservation Corps
  • Assisted White Pine Program Director with exiting members
  • Processing AmeriCorps invoices
  • Review of Maine Conservation Corps site agreement template
  • Commission business meeting
  • Update and correction to the OnCorps income report for invoicing
  • Amendment to the Democracy Maine contract to the correct end date
  • Check-in and initial review of all of the grantee progress reports submitted on time
  • Meeting with Program Development and Training Officer to discuss the formation of the next Technical Assistance meeting

Items to be aware of:

  • Allotment issues are causing delays in the processing of invoices

Major focus of effort for the next month:

  • Contracts to be issued for Formula and Competitive grants (continuations only)
  • RFA process for Competitive
  • Member monitoring visits (as needed)
  • Getting invoices sorted
  • Grantee Progress Reports due to the Federal Agency at the end of the month (November)