Eligibility documentation, criminal history checks, enrollment and exit paperwork, and the retention rules that decide how long all of it has to stay put.
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For AmeriCorps State and National operational-grant recipients, subrecipients, and the commissions that monitor them. A plain-English guide to what belongs in a member file, grounded in 45 CFR chapter XXV, 2 CFR part 200, and the 2026 award terms — with the caveat that the binding version of those terms is the one attached to your award.
Member Files/August 12, 2026
The cleanest member file is the one you build before the first enrollment rush hits. Set up the file once, in the right order, so eligibility, applicable criminal history check records, and core member documents line up all year.
Member Files/August 6, 2026
Duplication and displacement problems usually don't begin in the field. They begin on paper. Your position descriptions, host site agreements, and site visit records are often the clearest way to show how an AmeriCorps role was designed and monitored.
Member Files/July 24, 2026
A baseline checklist for AmeriCorps State and National member files: eligibility, the National Service Criminal History Check, the member agreement, evaluations, service records, exit documentation, and retention.