My AmeriCorps Release 3

State Commissions and Programs

Program Management

Presentation developed for the Corporation for National and Community Service by the eGrants Coaching Unit

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Introduction

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This presentation is designed for state commissions and their 

programs. It will guide users through managing operating sites, 

service locations and slots, and show how to view a member roster.

We will also demonstrate how to transfer slots across programs. (For 

information on who can perform this function, please view the 

tutorial on User Roles and Management – Understanding and 

Planning.)

If you haven’t already seen it, please check out the General Overview

presentation before proceeding with this one. We assume for this 

presentation that you’ve been exposed to the basic features and 

navigation of My AmeriCorps.

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Important Considerations

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 All of the My AmeriCorps tutorials and webinars focus on the 

functionality of the system rather than grant requirements or 

program policies.

 The My AmeriCorps system does not include comprehensive 

compliance checks. 

 We recommend that programs set their own policies around 

system use and monitor usage for compliance. However, we 

suggest that programs give some thought to how they assign 

roles and access so that they are comfortable with the level of 

authority they are giving their users.

 If they have questions they should contact their Program 

Director or Program Officer.
Agenda

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• Access My AmeriCorps

• Search for Primes or Operating Sites

• View Operating Sites

• Allocate Slots

• Edit Operating Site Information

• Service Locations

• Member Roster

• Slot Management

• Transfer Slots

• Search for Service Locations

• What’s Next?

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Access My AmeriCorps

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After logging onto 

eGrants, click on Portal

Home to enter My 

AmeriCorps.

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My AmeriCorps Home Page

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Your home page displays 

workbasket tabs. Each 

tab displays a list of 

actions awaiting 

completion. Service 

Location users do not 

have workbaskets.

The Portal Home link 

returns you to your My 

AmeriCorps home page. 

The menu on the left 

provides links to manage 

the grants and programs 

/ operating sites you have 

access to. The links are 

context-sensitive, 

meaning that different 

links appear on different 

screens.

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Search for Primes or Operating Sites

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Before viewing Prime or 

Operating Site 

Information, you have to 

find it. Click on Manage

Programs to start the 

search.

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Grant and Slot Management Tasks

Search for a Prime or Operating Site in order to complete 

these tasks:

 Allocating slots to an operating site

 Viewing or editing Prime or Operating Site information,

 Viewing or converting standard or refill slots

 Transferring standard slots across operating sites, and

 Viewing a list of members assigned to a Operating Site or 

service location.

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Search for Primes or Operating Sites

Select and/or enter 

identifying information to 

start a search. Click on 

search to see the results.

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Search for Primes or Operating Sites

The results page shows 

the total number of grants 

or operating sites 

meeting search criteria.

Use the page navigation 

to scroll through the 

pages. You can sort the 

listing by the column title.

Sort the results by 

clicking the link in the 

column title.

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Click on the name of the 

Prime or Operating Site 

to perform other grantrelated functions.

Reading Search Results

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The Program Information 

links provide quick 

access to perform other 

grant-related functions 

and are specific to the 

program listed.

Information about the 

Program and links to 

perform other tasks.

Program Information Screen

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Click on Operating Site 

Info to view a listing of all 

operating sites or to 

renew or create one.

View Operating Sites

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Your active operating 

sites will be listed here.

View Operating Sites

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Click on Slot Allocation

to assign slots to 

operating sites.

Allocate Slots

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To allocate slots to an 

operating site, click on 

the name of the operating 

site from the list.

Allocate Slots

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The total slots and MSYs 

granted to the Parent 

Organization.

Allocate Slots

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The total slots and MSYs 

currently allocated to 

other operating sites.

Allocate Slots

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The total slots and MSYs 

currently allocated to this 

operating site.

Allocate Slots

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Enter the new slot 

allocation for each slot 

type and click on save. 

You may increase or 

decrease slots.

Allocate Slots

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The slot allocation has 

been saved.

Allocate Slots

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Edit Operating Site Information

Click on Edit Operating 

Site to edit the details of 

the Program.

Get to this page with the 

Program Info link.

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Modify contact 

information.

Edit Operating Site Information

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Modify the Enrollment 

Period dates by typing 

them in or use the pop-up 

calendar. 

Edit Operating Site Information

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Caution!

Although the Enrollment Period dates can be modified, care should 

be taken to ensure that the new dates remain within the Budget 

Period dates and the new dates do not overlap with the Member 

Enrollment Period dates of a different program year for the same 

operating site. 

Also it is recommended that state commissions put policies in 

place and monitor the system to ensure that users are not 

making errors. In the past changing dates was something only 

Program Officers could do. Now member management user at 

the Prime and Operating Site levels can do it.

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Click on save to keep 

your changes or cancel

to discard them.

Edit Operating Site Information

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If errors are encountered, 

you’ll see a note here.

Edit Operating Site Information

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After successfully saving 

the Operating Site 

information, a note is 

displayed confirming that 

the information was 

updated.

Edit Operating Site Information

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Service Locations

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Use the View Service 

Locations link or the 

Service Location Info

link to view a listing of the 

Service Locations 

assigned to the 

Operating Site.

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The total number of 

service locations and a 

listing of the service 

locations assigned to the 

Operating Site is 

displayed. Click on 

create to enter a new 

service location.

Service Locations

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Select and enter 

information about the 

service location. Click on 

save to keep the 

information or cancel to 

discard it.

Service Locations

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Click on edit to make 

changes to the service 

location or back to view 

the listing of service 

locations page.

View the Operating Site 

Information page.

Service Locations

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The new service location 

is displayed. Click on the 

name to view or edit the 

details.

Service Locations

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Click on edit to change 

the information or status 

of the service location or 

back to return to the list 

of service locations.

Service Locations

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Member Roster

View the details of the 

Operating Site.

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Member Roster

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Click on View Members

to view the Member 

Roster.

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The View Roster page 

displays the total number 

of members, navigation 

to scroll through the 

pages, and a listing of 

members. Sort the listing 

by the column title. Click 

on the member’s name to 

view or edit contact 

information or to manage 

the member’s service 

assignment.

Member Roster

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A different set of links 

appears to manage the 

member’s service 

assignment.

Member Roster

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Click on Portal Home to 

return to you’re my 

AmeriCorps Home Page 

or Manage Programs to 

search for a Prime or 

Operating Site.

Member Roster

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Slot Management

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Click on Slot Info to view 

the current configuration 

of standard and refill 

slots.

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Slot Management

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The View Slot Budget 

page displays the slot 

configuration for standard 

and refill slots.

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Grantee Admin and State / National Grantee Prime users can 

view the aggregate slots for a grant. Operating Site users can 

view slots assigned to their grant. Service Location users do 

not have access to Slots Management functions.
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Click on edit standard or 

Slot Conversion to 

update the standard slot 

configuration.

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The New Allocation number 

should not be less than the 

number shown for Filled Slots.

Enter the new slot 

allocation by slot type. 

Enter 0 if all the slots are 

being removed.

Slot Management

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Click on validate to 

ensure that the new 

MSYs are not greater 

than the budgeted MSYs. 

Click on submit to 

update the slot 

configuration.

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MSYs were reduced from 

97.5 to 97.38. The next 

slot conversion will be 

calculated on the new 

MSYs of 97.38, but the 

total reduction in MSYs 

must not exceed the 

MSYs of a minimum time 

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Click on edit refill or 

Refill Slot Conversion

to update the refill slot 

configuration.

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Enter the new refill slot 

allocation by slot type. 

Enter 0 if all the refill slots 

are being removed. Use 

whole numbers only.

Standard slots have not 

been filled. Refill slots are 

shown, but are not 

available.

Standard slots are not 

available. Refill slots can 

be entered for this slot 

type.

Slot Management

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Refill Slot Rules

 Processes and principles apply for editing refill slots as standard slots.

 Refill slots automatically become visible on the Slot Budget page when 

a program exits a member who served less than 30% of their term and 

the member did not receive an award.

 A refill slot is not available for use until all of the standard slots of the 

same slot type have been filled.

 Refill slots can only be used once, even if the member occupying the 

refill slot does not complete their term. 

 When converting refill slots, make sure that the New Allocation 

number is ≥ the filled refill slots for each slot type.

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Click on validate to 

ensure that the new 

MSYs are not greater 

than the total MSYs. 

Click on submit to 

update the refill slot 

configuration.

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MSYs were reduced from 

8.5 to 8.47. The next refill 

slot conversion will be 

calculated on the new 

MSYs of 8.47.

Slot Management

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Transfer Slots

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If you are not viewing 

Operating Site 

information, click on 

Manage Programs and 

select from the search 

result page the operating 

site that you wish to 

transfer slots from. If you 

are already viewing the 

operating site information 

of the operating site you 

wish to transfer slots 

from, click on Slot

Transfer.

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Transfer Slots

If you are viewing your 

grant information, click on 

Slot Transfer then select 

the “transfer from” 

Operating Site from the 

list.

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Slots are not available to 

transfer note.

Transfer Slots

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Select the slot type from 

the drop down box, enter 

the total number of slots 

and select the Operating 

Site the slots are being 

transferred to. Click 

transfer.

Transfer Slots

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MSYs were reduced from 

97.38 to 96.88 after 

transferring out 1 One 

Year Half Time slot.

Transfer was successful.

Transfer Slots

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Search for Service Locations

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Click on Manage Service

Locations to search for 

service locations.

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Enter identifying 

information about the 

service location (s) to 

start a search. Click on 

search to see the results.

Search for Service Locations

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The Service Location 

Results page displays 

only the service locations 

you have access to. Use 

the numbered navigation 

to scroll through the 

pages and the column 

title to sort the listing.

Search for Service Locations

Click on the name of the 

operating site or service 

location to view details.

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