https://www.nationalservice.gov/americorps-fraud-alert
As of September 2020, CNCS is operating under the name AmeriCorps. CNCS OIG is adopting that practice and becoming AmeriCorps OIG
Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada Agrees to Pay Over $200K to Resolve Claims It Fraudulently Billed the United States for Community Service Grants PHILADELPHIA and LAS VEGAS – United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, William M. McSwain, and United States Attorney for the District of Nevada, Nicholas A. Trutanich, jointly announced that Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada (Catholic Charities) has agreed to pay $206,368.35 to resolve claims arising from its administration of co
University of San Francisco Agrees to Pay over $2.5M for Alleged False Claims in Its Administration of AmeriCorps Grants
Comments of the Honorable Deborah J. Jeffrey Inspector General, Corporation for National and Community Service Regarding FY 2021 Funding Level for CNCS-OIG

Madison County Woman Agrees to Pay Damages for Submitting False Claims to AmeriCorps Program

LEXINGTON, Ky. – A Madison County woman has agreed to resolve civil allegations that she violated the False Claims Act, a federal law that prohibits the submission of false or fraudulent claims, agreeing to pay the federal government, after admitting that she falsified timesheets that caused her to wrongfully receive federal funds from the AmeriCorps Program.

Our Lady of Lourdes Agrees to Pay Over $1.1M

PHILADELPHIA and CAMDEN – United States Attorneys William M. McSwain for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and Craig Carpenito for the District of New Jersey jointly announced that Our Lady of Lourdes Health Foundation and two related Our Lady of Lourdes companies have agreed to pay $1,143,881.19 to resolve claims arising from Lourdes’ administration of community service grants funded through the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS).

Semianual Report to Congress 2020 Volume 2

Reporting Period April 1, 2020 – September 30, 2020
Reporting Cover for Semi Annual Report

Management Alert: Unrealistic Transformation Plan Unnecessarily Jeopardizes CNCS Mission

The Office of Inspector General for the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS or the Corporation) issued a Management Alert regarding serious risks arising from CNCS’s self-imposed rapid timeline to reorganize the Corporation’s current structure and alter its core grantmaking and grant management business practices. The reorganization to a regional structure will involve at least 40 percent turnover in grant and program staff over the next 13 months.
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What We Do

The Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Inspector General (CNCS-OIG) is an independent office within CNCS that provides oversight of the agency's programs and operations to protect the integrity of national service. CNCS-OIG performs audits, evaluations and investigations of CNCS, its grantees and contractors, to promote efficiency and effectiveness, and to prevent and detect fraud, waste and abuse. The Office is staffed with auditors, investigators, attorneys, information technology and other specialists who ensure that we meet our core functions and responsibilities.

Maintaining close working relationships with CNCS and its awardees help us focus our efforts on priority areas and facilitate our proactive educational efforts.  The Office consults CNCS in developing plans and obtains agency feedback on reports before they are issued. Semiannually, CNCS-OIG submits a summary report of its activities to the Congress and CNCS leadership.