Corporation Monitoring Planning Assessments

The Corporation is responsible for ensuring all federal resources are appropriately managed, which includes conducting monitoring visits to award recipients (e.g., grantees, cooperative agreement recipients, sponsors). The Corporation moved to a standardized system in Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 to help prioritize monitoring activities and more generally allocate Corporation resources for appropriate levels of monitoring, oversight, and technical assistance. As part of this process, we identified a standard set of criteria as being good indicators of potential programmatic or financial vulnerability in the management of federal funds, and we conduct a yearly assessment of each Corporation award using these assessment criteria.

• View the Corporation Assessment Criteria (PDF)

State Administrative Standards Review (ASR)

The State Administrative Standards Review (ASR) process is the most comprehensive monitoring tool that the Corporation for National and Community Service uses to assess the administrative capacity of state commissions. The Standards review is conducted by a team of reviewers who begin the week-long process Monday morning and conclude the review with an exit-meeting on Friday. The Corporation uses the Standards review to inform methods of building commission capacity and recognizing best practices.

• Download the General State Administrative Standards Review Information / FAQs (PDF)
• Download the State Administrative Standards Review Tool (Microsoft Word) Updated: February 2008