Audit of Peace Corps/Applicant Screening Process

We recommend that the Director develop and implement a specific child safety program to include ongoing training.

We recommend that the Office of Volunteer Recruitment and Services require work history verification as part of the screening process.

We recommend that the Office of Volunteer Recruitment and Services develop and implement a process to review all terminations, resignations in lieu of termination, and administratively separated cases on a periodic basis.

We recommend that the Office of Volunteer Recruitment and Services establish an annual meeting with all involved parties to review and improve the Volunteer screening process. This discussion should include a review of all cases of misconduct and other volunteer organization best practices.

We recommend that the Office of Global Operations implement a comprehensive process to maintain support for all administrative separation decisions, including those that result in resignation in leiu of. This process will include: standardizing the development of the memos, routing the memos to all relevant offices for review and approval, and retaining documentation in a centralized location.