Section 610.80  Monitoring of Programs

a)         The Advisory Council shall be responsible for ongoing efforts to monitor the quality and finances of approved Illinois AmeriCorps programs and their conformance with all requirements of the Act and the rules promulgated thereunder and with this Part.  Nothing contained herein shall affect or limit in any manner the authority of the Corporation to also monitor approved Illinois AmeriCorps programs. All approved Illinois AmeriCorps programs shall cooperate with the monitoring activities of both the Corporation and the Advisory Council.

b)         The Advisory Council shall have the responsibility of preparing the state report required by 45 CFR 2522 and shall collect from the approved Illinois AmeriCorps programs such information as is necessary to complete this report.

c)         The Advisory Council shall follow and use the same criteria as used by the Corporation to monitor programs as are provided in the rules promulgated under the Act.

d)         Each approved Illinois AmeriCorps program shall be responsible for submitting to the Advisory Council quarterly reports and a final report for the funding cycle. These reports shall provide information on the program's progress in meeting its objectives, such other information as is specified in the rules promulgated under the Act, and the program's finances. Each year, at the beginning of the funding cycle, the Advisory Council shall set a schedule for submission of reports to itself.

e)         The Advisory Council shall have the authority to make site visits to each approved Illinois AmeriCorps program, provided that 24 hour written advance notice is given to the program.

f)          The Advisory Council shall also make a close-out site visit to each approved Illinois AmeriCorps program near or at the end of the funding cycle to review each program programmatically and financially.