1. April PD Meeting Updates & Announcements
AmeriCorps Cape Cod
April 25, 2018

2. Agenda Program Presentation Staffing Update Grants Process
Verifications Updates
Compliance
IPERIA
TTA Update
Conferences
Site Visits
Calendar Updates
Small Group Discussion: Finishing the Year Strong

3. Staffing Update Welcome
MSA has filled the open Staff Accountant Position
Aysa Crane started Wednesday April 11. She is from Russia, where she studied and taught accounting at the university level. She emigrated to the US in 2012 and worked in accounting and financial management at a variety of nonprofit and for-profit businesses.
Our finance team is complete now with Kimberly and Aysa. Together they look forward managing and improving our financial systems
Aysa’s is if you want to give her a warm welcome

4. 2018-19 Grants Process Timeline- Competitive
Results of the competition announced: Monday, May 15, 2018
Resolution Phase for all successful applicants (New/Recompete and Continuation): Started April 20
For programs re-competing next year
Late July/early August: grants process will begin with the MSA RFP release for concept papers

5. 2018-19 Grants Process Timeline- Formula
Formula timeline
Not anticipating an additional Formula process this year
Notifications in May or June
Formula continuations due to PO in spring, check with your PO for draft deadline (April/May)

6. Verification Updates
Additional information about how this process began
Current Reporting options
Fax 1 (202)
Contact the Corporation for National and Community Service, National Service Hotline via phone at 1 (800) or via webform at to request a secure file transfer link
Must have all of your documentation compiled and ready to submit including proof of your due diligence
Will only receive one link that will be active for 7 days
Review and submit verification spreadsheet by May 4th
Any updates/current findings?
Remind programs what we have outlined for due diligence
Discuss what manually verified means
Remind them that they can check status in the MyAmeriCorps portal

7. Compliance: IPERIA
Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act (IPERIA)
Testing for FY2018
5/10/18 – IPERIA Notices
5/29/18 – 2nd Request
Only Formula grant selected so far for this year
Differentiate IPERIA from background check screening and recent member verification process.
Explain logistics (request from OCRO to us, we collect and review info from programs and submit it back to CNCS)
CNCS’s Office of the Chief Risk Officer (OCRO)
Overall report to come out for year with summarized findings.
Quick turnover after requests (staff must be available)

8. Compliance: NSCHC Disallowances are almost complete How’d we do?
More info at Kickoff
CNCS is working on a State Check Channeler
Don’t forget to complete mandatory online training
Next year:
Tracking log changes

9. TTA Update CIF Service Enterprise Initiative Member Trainings
MPF hosting a training on May 8th titled: What We Bring: White Youth Workers in Communities of Color
ALA hosting a training on May 18th titled: Facing Our Stress: Mindfulness and Meditation for AmeriCorps Members
Funding still available; please submit proposals
JVS Resources for members
Evaluation Cohorts
UNDERWAY Cohort 1 (April 17 – July 13)
Next cohort is October 11 – December 15
Contact PO if interested; provide rationale for participating
Service Enterprise Initiative
Participating in cohort start Jan. 2019

10. 2018 Upcoming Conferences/Trainings
National Service Training Conferences
Atlantic/Southern: April 30 – May 2 in Greenville, SC
Pacific/Southwest: May in Seattle, WA
Registration open for all
More information here:
New England Conference: May in Concord, NH
Programs should have funds in their budget to attend
MSA Spring Training Series ($15)
April 24th, Springfield – “…Find and Retain Volunteers”
May 9th, Boston – “When Conflicts Arise…”
May 31st, Wareham – “Utilizing Skill-Based Volunteers…”

11. MSA Updates FY19 Budget Update - Federal
The strong bi-partisan support for AmeriCorps came through and not only funded AmeriCorps but increased the amount of funding
AmeriCorps State & National and state service commissions received significant increases.
AmeriCorps was increased by $26 million
State Commission Grant received an historic $ million -- a $1 million increase from last year.
Commission Investment Fund increased by $1 million to $8.5 million
Volunteer Generation Fund received an historic $5.4 million an impressive increase of $1.6 million
Thanks to the hard work of national service champions and groups which included ASC, the state service network, our new States for Service (S4S) Coalition.

12. MSA Updates FY19 Budget Update - State
The House Ways & Means Committee released its FY19 budget proposal and it included MSA’s level-funded request of $1.4 million.
The funds are used to match our Federal Admin grant, support the Commonwealth Corps program and support numerous volunteer initiatives across the state including last week’s National Volunteer Week service projects.
The Senate! Senate Ways & Means will release its version of the FY19 budget in mid-May.
If you have a close relationship with your State Rep, thank them for supporting MSA in the House budget proposal.

13. MSA Updates
Thank you for getting your mid-year Progress Reports and PER/FSR’s submitted
1200 Hour Member Slots
Full Enrollment changing from 100% to 85%
1200 Hour Slots – Conversion Letter Approved by Grants Officer and Program Officer

14. FY18 Site Visit Season
Site visits are currently under way. Program site visits will finish by the end of May and Fiscal site visits by mid-June
Program Officers written report to program within 30 days
Program has 30 days to respond to compliance issues
Best Practice and Continuous Improvement sections are for future reference
When all compliance issues are resolved, the site visit process is complete

15. Calendar Update (continued)
April 30 – May 2: Atlantic/Southern National Training Conference
May National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service will be in Boston
May : Pacific/Southwest National Training Conference
May 15: Competitive decisions
May 22 – 23: New England Conference

16. Calendar Update
July 15 – FSR and Reimbursement Request Due for the period of April 1 through June 30
New or Recently New PD Training – July 18
Kickoff for all PD’s – July 31-August 1; location TBD
Symposium – September – MSA Staff will be away during these days

17. Updates Wrap-up QUESTIONS?
We’ll see you next on July 31st and August 1st
For Kickoff at a TBD Location

18. Small Group Discussion: Outreach and Recruitment
Table 1
DIAL/SELF
MPF
MMP
Playworks
Table 2
South Coastal
MIRA
TerraCorps
PAARI
Table 3
City Year
Jumpstart
Tenacity
FoodCorps
Table 4
BPE
Citizen Schools
UWMBMV
Springfield College
SCI
Table 5
Cape Cod
SCA
Phoenix
UTEC
City on a Hill

19. Small Group Discussion: Finishing the Year Strong
Discussion questions Utilize the sheets at each table to share and learn from each other.