October PD Meeting Updates & Announcements Phoenix Charter Academy Network October 18, 2017

Agenda Program Presentation Staffing at MSA Training and Technical Assistance Update Grants process NSCHC updates NCCC issue Symposium report back Member advocacy Calendar updates

Staffing Update Currently hiring two new AmeriCorps Program Officers …and Rachel is going on maternity leave momentarily Promising candidates hope to have one on board by early November Doing our best to support programs, apologies in advance for delays or needing additional reminders Just hired new Administrative Coordinator, Elisabeth (Lis) Lohmueller and a new Commonwealth Corps Program Assistant Also hiring a Controller, hope to have one on board this fall

Training and Technical Assistance Update Member Training Updates Evaluation Work with Gretchen Member Trainings RFP is live and we are accepting proposals on a rolling basis Already approved one proposal Opening Day 2017 Register, register, register (including for Afternoon Service Projects/Member Training) Wear AmeriCorps Gear Member Speeches (Program Statement)

18-19 Grants Process All re-competing programs were invited to next round, will be receiving feedback soon A few new applicants are continuing to the next stage as well Working toward late January CNCS submission deadline Elizabeth will be working with some programs Competitive programs Begin working on continuation applications, work with PO’s to determine draft due date Also to be submitted in late January to CNCS Formula Programs Continuation drafts will be due in early spring

NSCHC Updates Puerto Rico’s information for the NSOPW check was offline for a while due to Hurricane Maria CNCS provided an exemption if: The member or staff starts(ed) service sometime between September 19 and November 1, 2017 The NSOPW check is re-conducted and documented by November 15th Puerto Rico appears to be back online, so make sure you have redone any NSOPW checks by 11/15, otherwise check will not be compliant OIG doing surprise CHC audits Colleagues at other commissions report that some programs are getting visits and communication directly from OIG, without commissions’ knowledge Still waiting to hear from CNCS about disallowance processing from 16-17

Lawsuit regarding NCCC screening The ACLU has filed a lawsuit against CNCS alleging discriminatory screening procedures around health issues This is getting a lot of publicity, not differentiating between types of AmeriCorps Service Residential (or other?) programs: please let us know if you have health screening procedures and what they are if so.

Fiscal Updates IPERIA Match percentage Thanks to those of you who were selected by CNCS to participate in the IPERIA process, we appreciated your patience and cooperation Match percentage Due to changes from CNCS, we will be more diligent about ensuring that programs are meeting their match percentage throughout the year Please pass this information along to your organization’s financial team PER mistake that does not affect totals Look for a revised PER from Raffi (admin temp) over the next few weeks

Symposium Updates eGrants to Salesforce transition delayed Unexpended funds Prohibited Activities Abortion services memo from CNCS Changes in leadership at CNCS

Calendar November 3, 2017: Opening Day! December 13, 2017: PD Meeting at Citizen Schools January 15, 2018: MLK Day of Service February 19, 2018: PD Meeting at Northeastern March 11-17, 2018 : AmeriCorps Week April 15-22, 2018: National Volunteer Week

We’ll see you next on December 13th Wrap-up QUESTIONS? We’ll see you next on December 13th at Citizen Schools!