The Maryland Governor’s Office on Service and Volunteerism will pay $639,916 to the federal government to settle allegations during the Hogan administration of misusing AmeriCorps funds intended to subsidize volunteerism, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland announced Tuesday.
The GOSV is a division of the Governor’s Office on Community Initiatives, and distributes AmeriCorps federal funding to more than 800 members in Maryland through grant programs each year.
One of these grants, made in 2016, was intended to encourage volunteerism through the disbursement of tickets to the Maryland state fair and Baltimore Ravens and Orioles games.