Audit of AmeriCorps Grants Awarded to the Puerto Rico Commission for Volunteerism and Community Service

The audit of AmeriCorps grants awarded to the Puerto Rico Commission for Volunteerism and Community Service (the Commission) and two of its subgrantees found that the Commission and subgrantees did not comply with Federal regulations and AmeriCorps grant terms and conditions resulting in $625,446 in questioned Federal and match costs, and education awards. Specifically, the Commission did not adequately document or appropriately report costs. We also found the Commission insufficiently monitored its subgrantees’ compliance with grant terms and conditions and the Commission’s and a subgrantee’s financial management system did not properly track grant and report expenditures. We made recommendations for the Commission and AmeriCorps that focus on improving the Commission’s and its subgrantees’ administrative and management procedures for monitoring AmeriCorps grants. The Commission concurred with all findings within the report and noted that it had begun implementing corrective actions consistent with the auditor’s recommendations. AmeriCorps acknowledged working with the Commission on its management response and noted it will make its final determination for all findings, recommendations, and questioned costs after receiving the final report and reviewing the auditor’s working papers and the Commission’s corrective action plan.