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NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY

Federal Agency Name: AmeriCorps 

Funding Opportunity Title: FY 2022 AmeriCorps Seniors

American Rescue Plan Senior Demonstration Program 

Announcement Type: Initial Announcement

Assistance Listing Number: 94.017

Disclosure: Publication of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (Notice) does not obligate 

AmeriCorps to award any specific number of grants or to commit any particular amount of 

funding.

This funding opportunity is available for current AmeriCorps Seniors grantees.

Important Dates – 

• Applications are due Monday, October 18, 2021 by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. 

• Successful applicants will be notified by March 31, 2022

• Successful applicants will be issued awards by March 31, 2022

CONTENTS

A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION.................................................................................................. 3

• A.1. Purpose of AmeriCorps Seniors’ American Rescue Senior Demonstration Program Funding3

• A.2. Funding Priorities..................................................................................................................... 4

• A.3. Performance Goals or Expected Outcomes.............................................................................. 5

• A.4. Planning Period........................................................................................................................ 6

• A.5. Program Authority ................................................................................................................... 6

B. FEDERAL AWARD INFORMATION ................................................................................. 7

• B.1. Estimated Available Funds....................................................................................................... 7

• B.2. Estimated Award Amount........................................................................................................ 7

• B.3. Period of Performance.............................................................................................................. 7

• B.4. Type of Award ......................................................................................................................... 7

C. ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION ........................................................................................... 7

• C.1. Eligible Applicants................................................................................................................... 7

• C.2. Cost Sharing or Matching ........................................................................................................ 8

• C.3. Other Eligibility Requirements ................................................................................................ 8

• C.4. Other Volunteer Engagement Requirements (for those who receive a stipend) ......................8

D. APPLICATION AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION..................................................... 9

• D.1. Address to Request an Application Package............................................................................ 9

• D.2. Content and Form of Application Submission......................................................................... 9

D.2.a. Application Content...................................................................................................................................9

D.2.b. Page Limits..............................................................................................................................................10

• D.3. Unique Entity Identifier and System for Award Management (SAM)..................................10
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• D.4. Submission Dates and Times................................................................................................. 11

D.4.a. Application Submission Deadline ...........................................................................................................11

D.4.b. Additional Documents Deadline .............................................................................................................11

D.4.c. Late Applications.....................................................................................................................................11

• D.5. Intergovernmental Review..................................................................................................... 12

• D.6. Funding Restrictions.............................................................................................................. 12

D.6.a. Award Funding Requirements.................................................................................................................12

D.6.b. Indirect Costs..........................................................................................................................................12

D.6.c. Pre-Award Costs .....................................................................................................................................12

D.6.d. Budget Guidance.....................................................................................................................................13

• D.7. Other Submission Requirements............................................................................................ 13

D.7.a. Electronic Application Submission in eGrants........................................................................................13

D.7.b. Submission of Additional Documents......................................................................................................14

E. APPLICATION REVIEW INFORMATION ..................................................................... 14

• E.1. Review Criteria....................................................................................................................... 14

E.1.a. Executive Summary (Required - 0 points) ...............................................................................................15

E.1.b. Program Design (50 points)....................................................................................................................15

E.1.c. Notice Priority (required 0 points):.........................................................................................................16

E.1.d. Work Plan (series of Performance Measures) (15 Points) are to include:..............................................16

E.1.e. Recruitment and Development of Volunteers (10 points) ........................................................................17

E.1.f. Organizational Capability (total 30 points):............................................................................................17

E.1.h. Cost-Effectiveness and Budget Adequacy (15 points): ............................................................................18

E.1.i. Other-Evaluation Plan (Required - 5 points) ...........................................................................................18

• E.2. Review and Selection Process................................................................................................ 18

E.2.a. Initial Application Compliance and Eligibility Review ...........................................................................19

E.2.b. Application Review..................................................................................................................................19

E.2.c. Applicant Clarification ............................................................................................................................19

E.2.d. Pre-Award Risk Assessment.....................................................................................................................19

E.2.e. Consideration of Integrity and Performance System Information ...........................................................21

E.2.f. Selection for Funding ...............................................................................................................................21

F. FEDERAL AWARD ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION .......................................... 22

• F.1. Federal Award Notices........................................................................................................... 22

• F.2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements ................................................................ 22

F.2.a. Uniform Guidance ...................................................................................................................................22

F.2.b. Requests for Monitoring or Payment Integrity Information ...................................................................22

F.2.c. AmeriCorps Terms and Conditions..........................................................................................................22

F.2.d. National Service Criminal History Check Requirements.........................................................................22

F.2e. Official Guidance......................................................................................................................................23

• F.3. Use of Material ....................................................................................................................... 23

• F.4. Reporting ................................................................................................................................ 23

G. FEDERAL AWARDING AGENCY CONTACTS............................................................. 24

H. OTHER INFORMATION .................................................................................................... 24

• H.1. Technical Assistance.............................................................................................................. 24

I. IMPORTANT NOTICES ....................................................................................................... 25
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FULL TEXT OF THE NOTICE

A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

A.1. Purpose of AmeriCorps Seniors’ American Rescue Senior Demonstration Program 

Funding

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) provides additional federal resources to 

AmeriCorps Seniors in order to assist communities in COVID-19 recovery. This funding will be 

made available throughout the United States, with a particular interest in programs that will serve

communities hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The ARP legislation is an unprecedented effort by the United States Government to stop the 

spread of COVID-19 and respond to the public health, education, and economic crisis caused by 

the pandemic. It includes measures to deliver immediate relief to American families, fund a 

national vaccination program, provide aid for small businesses struggling to keep their doors 

open, cut child poverty in half, reopen schools, and help parents get back to work. This funding 

positions AmeriCorps Seniors to make significant, targeted investments to further support the 

Biden-Harris Administration’s priority to provide immediate relief related to the pandemic, with 

a specific focus on support for underserved and disproportionately impacted communities. This 

funding opportunity is to provide national service opportunities that address community recovery 

from the pandemic and meet community needs.

AmeriCorps Seniors is publishing this funding notice for the purpose of creating the 

“AmeriCorps Seniors American Rescue Plan Demonstration Program” (herein referred to as 

American Rescue SDP), programs that will be focused on supporting communities as they 

reopen after the COVID-19 pandemic. Through American Rescue SDP funding opportunities, 

applicants must demonstrate how they will engage adults age 55 and over to address one or more 

of the American Rescue SDP priorities. Those priorities are:

• Establish and support programs in hard-to-reach communities and/or those 

disproportionately impacted by COVID-19;

• Support communities historically underserved, marginalized, and adversely impacted by 

persistent poverty and inequality, such as African American, Hispanic, and Tribal 

communities;

• Support program models that focus on: 

o Education (children’s learning loss, summer programs, etc.) and

o Health and wellness (mental and physical health);

• Serve veterans and military families; and

• Expand opportunities for senior volunteers in communities that have not previously 

received AmeriCorps Seniors resources.
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A.2. Funding Priorities 

Current grantees of AmeriCorps Seniors are invited to submit applications for the American 

Rescue SDP funds. Applicants are required to address one or more of the following Focus Areas: 

Disaster Services, Economic Opportunity, Education, Environmental Stewardship, Healthy 

Futures, and Veteran and Military Families. Applicants are invited to apply for funding based on 

the determination that your project proposal meets the criteria as detailed in this document.

To maximize the impact of investment in national service; AmeriCorps Seniors will prioritize 

national service investments in the following areas:

• Efforts to help local communities recover from the COVID-19 Pandemic. AmeriCorps 

Seniors is specifically interested in applications that establish or support education, 

vaccination and vaccination education efforts; particularly in hard-to-reach communities.

• Applications that seek to remove structural racial inequities, advance racial equality, and 

increase opportunity to achieve sustainable change in communities. 

• Current grantees may propose to provide a program to address COVID-19 recovery in 

their approved Geographic Service Area (GSA) OR serve a county that is not part of their 

grant’s current approved GSA. Applications that propose programming for counties that

currently are not covered by a current AmeriCorps Seniors grantee will receive funding 

priority. Applicants are encouraged to propose programming in the service areas 

identified on Appendix A: List of Priority Areas.

AmeriCorps Seniors’ is prioritizing programming in the following areas:

• Access to Care- Healthy Futures: Applications specifically related to increasing access 

to care and public health education opportunities in hard-to-reach communities and/or 

historically underserved communities; including, but not limited to, establishing and 

supporting contact-tracing, vaccination sites and providing vaccine education, 

transportation, and registration. Applicants may also propose to develop programming to 

address mental health support.

• Education – Intergenerational Programming: Applications that engage older adults in 

supporting students and families for successful transitions in returning to the classrooms 

and/or strengthen social emotional learning of students to increase school readiness and 

K-12 success post pandemic. 

• Veterans and Military Families: Applications that improve the quality of life of 

veterans and military families, connecting them with resources designed to address 

unique challenges following the COVID-19 pandemic. 

• Aging in Place – Independent Living: Applications that specifically support 

communities historically underserved, marginalized, and adversely impacted by 

persistent poverty and inequality to increase independent living for older adults and/or 

individuals with disabilities, to re-engage in their communities post COVID-19 recovery. 

Activities such as companionship to deal with bereavement of a loved one due to death 

related to COVID-19 or providing support to seniors adjusting to a loss of a loved one 

during the pandemic.

• Access to Care - Substance Abuse: Applications that focus AmeriCorps Seniors 

volunteers in assignments that increase access to care and participation in health 

education activities designed to prevent or reduce substance abuse. 
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• Addressing Food Insecurity – Health Futures: Applications that focus AmeriCorps 

Seniors volunteers in assignments that increases access to healthy food in underserved 

communities. 

• Aging in Place – Elder Justice: Applications that focus AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers 

in assignments addressing elder justice, including activities that mitigate the potential that 

clients and caregivers will be victims of financial fraud, abuse, and/or neglect and/or that 

provide assistance and support services to victims of elder abuse, neglect, and 

exploitation as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

• Economic Opportunity – Workforce Development: Applications that establish and/or 

support programs designed to increase the number of economically disadvantaged 

individuals receiving job training and other skill development services, with a goal of 

connecting individuals and families to resources developed to support post-pandemic life. 

• Economic Opportunity – Financial Knowledge: Applications that result in seniors 

working on financial literacy, improving financial knowledge, and utilization of savings 

plans.

To receive priority consideration, applicants must show that the priority area:

1. is a significant part of the program focus and intended outcomes, and

2. must include a high-quality program design that addresses all elements outlined in E.1.b 

below.

Proposing programs that receive priority consideration does not guarantee funding. 

A.3. Performance Goals or Expected Outcomes

National Performance Measures 

AmeriCorps expects applicants to use National Performance Measures as part of a 

comprehensive performance measurement strategy that relies on both performance and 

evaluation data to learn from their work and make tactical and strategic adjustments to achieve 

their goals. 

Applicants are required to use the identified Performance Measures outlined in this Notice. For 

more information, please refer to Appendix B. Applicants must identify a Primary Focus Area

and the work plan must include service activities in selected Primary Focus Area. 

This funding opportunity requires applicants to demonstrate cost-effective practices in achieving 

performance goals through the services described in the proposed work plan. Applications must 

include work plans that meet the following minimum requirements: 

• For volunteer assignments that are non-stipend volunteers, for every $1,000.00 of federal 

funding, at least one unduplicated volunteer* must be placed in workplans that result in 

National Performance Measure outcomes for the selected focus area.

• For volunteer assignments that are for stipend volunteers, for every $7,500 in federal 

funding, at least one Volunteer Service Year** must be placed in workplans that result in 

National Performance Measure outcomes for the selected focus area.

• All proposed volunteers and the intended outcomes of their service must be represented 

in the narratives, in an outcome-based Performance Measures and budget. 
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*Unduplicated Volunteers in the AmeriCorps Seniors programs: Each AmeriCorps Seniors 

volunteer can only be counted once when assigned to a service activity. The volunteer should be 

counted in the area where he/she will make the most impact – in terms of the Focus, the type of 

service, or the scope of service, (such as the most number of hours served).

**Volunteer Service Year (VSY) is a budget term which equals 1,044 hours of volunteer service 

activity. The standardized stipend cost per VSY is calculated by multiplying the number of hours 

served by the current cost per hour for the stipend (1044 hours x $3.00 per hour).

A.4. Planning Period

AmeriCorps Seniors is providing an opportunity for applicants to include up to six-month of a 

planning period in the proposal for funding. The purpose of the planning time is to support the 

development of the AmeriCorps Seniors American Rescue SDP community partnerships, 

creation of reporting tools, as well as the development and implementation of a recruitment plan. 

The intended length of time needed for a planning period, stated and measurable outcomes from 

the planning time, and a strategy for reporting those outcomes from the planning period must be 

included in the application. The planning period must be a stated component of the proposed 

project period. For example, if an applicant is proposing a two-year project and is requesting to 

use six months as a planning period to develop community partnerships and survey instruments, 

the project period would be six months of planning, followed by eighteen months of program 

implementation. The proposed budget will accurately reflect this planning phase and 

implementation phase.

Information on a proposed planning period is to be included in the Other Narrative section of the 

application. The applicant should describe the following in the Other Narrative section:

1. Program design, including community need, key community partnerships, and their 

role(s);

2. Planned service sites and how sites will be prepared to support and train volunteers; 

3. Organizational capacity, including how the program will measure the outputs and 

outcomes of this grant;

4. Strategies to involve diverse communities; and

5. Timeline for developing program tools such as operating procedures, financial systems, 

and other means to ensure proper grant management and oversight.

Applications that include a planning period that are approved will be required to report the 

outcomes of that planning period in their first Project Progress Report. 

A.5. Program Authority

The legal authorities for AmeriCorps to administer the American Rescue SDP are found at 

sections 101(34), 192A(g)(10)(B) and 199N of the National and Community Service Act of 

1990, as amended, and section 231 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973.
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B. FEDERAL AWARD INFORMATION

B.1. Estimated Available Funds

AmeriCorps Seniors anticipates approximately $10,000,000 for FY 2022 American Rescue SDP

awards.

B.2. Estimated Award Amount

Award amounts will vary, as determined by the scope of the projects. AmeriCorps Seniors

expects to make awards in the range of $100,000 to $500,000.

B.3. Period of Performance

Through this Notice, only AmeriCorps Seniors grantees who currently receive federal funds for

an AmeriCorps Seniors grant may apply for funding.

Successful applicants will be issued awards no later than March 31, 2022. 

AmeriCorps Seniors anticipates making two-year grant awards that will cover a two-year

performance period. The project period includes planning and project implementation. 

Performance Measures and budgets should reflect a two-year request. All Performance Measure 

targets are to reflect the applicant’s two-year goals. 

Applicants must select a proposed period of performance of either April 1, 2022 to March 30, 

2024 (non-stipend programs) or July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2024 (stipend programs). 

AmeriCorps Seniors reserves the right to adjust the amount of an award or elect not to continue

funding. 

B.4. Type of Award

Award recipients will be assigned to an AmeriCorps Portfolio Manager, who will be responsible

for reviewing recipient performance, providing training and technical assistance, and serving as

the primary point of contact for the AmeriCorps Seniors grant.

The FY 2022 American Rescue SDP grants will be awarded on a cost reimbursement basis.

C. ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION

C.1. Eligible Applicants

Through this Notice, only AmeriCorps Seniors grantees that currently receive federal funds for

an AmeriCorps Seniors grant may apply for funding.

The following non-federal entities (all of which are defined in 2 CFR 200.1 are eligible to apply:

• Tribal communities

• Institutions of higher education

• Local governments

• Nonprofit organizations
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• States governments

In addition to Tribal communities as defined in 2 CFR 200.1, Tribal organizations that are 

controlled, sanctioned, or chartered by federally recognized Indian tribes are also eligible to 

apply. If an entity applies for an award as a tribal organization that is controlled or chartered by 

one or more Indian tribes, the organization must provide copies of, or links to, documentation 

which demonstrates that the organization is controlled or chartered by a federally recognized 

Indian tribe. If an entity applies as an organization sanctioned by a federally recognized tribe, or 

multiple specific federally recognized tribes, it must submit a sanctioning resolution, adopted by 

the Tribal Council (or comparable tribal governing body) of each Indian tribe. The resolution(s) 

must identify the entity applying for an AmeriCorps Seniors award by name as a tribal 

organization that is sanctioned by the Indian tribe(s) for the purpose of applying for AmeriCorps

funding (or federal grant funds generally). 

Entities must have a valid SAM registration and DUNS and/or Unique Entity Identifier to 

receive an award. See Section D.3. Unique Entity Identifier and System for Award Management 

(SAM) for more information.

C.2. Cost Sharing or Matching

All applications funded under this authority are required to have a 10% match, regardless if the 

proposed program will recruit and place volunteers who receive a stipend or not.

C.3. Other Eligibility Requirements

Applications that propose to engage in activities that are prohibited under AmeriCorps’ statutes, 

regulations, or the terms and conditions of its awards are not eligible to receive AmeriCorps

funding.

Note that under appropriations provisions annually enacted by Congress, if AmeriCorps is aware 

that any corporation has any unpaid federal tax liability

• that has been assessed

• for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed 

• that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority 

responsible for collecting the tax liability

that corporation is not eligible for an award under this Notice. However, this exclusion will not 

apply to a corporation which a federal agency has considered for suspension or debarment and 

has made a determination that suspension or debarment is not necessary to protect the interests of 

the federal government.

Pursuant to the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, an organization described in the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. 501 (c)(4) that engages in lobbying activities is not eligible to 

apply for AmeriCorps Seniors funding.

C.4. Other Volunteer Engagement Requirements (for those who receive a stipend) 

• Recruit, screen, and enroll volunteers 55 and older at or below 400 percent of the 

poverty line, as required in 42 U.S.C. 9902(2).
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• Provide 20 hours of pre-service orientation and at least 24 hours of on-going training to

support each volunteer on issues related to their service.

• Manage the scheduling and pairing of volunteers and clients/students.

• Administer stipend payments for each volunteer at a stipend rate of $3.00 per hour.

• Engage volunteers in service for a minimum of 5 hours per week or 260 hours annually

and a maximum of 40 hours per week or 2080 hours annually.

• Follow all Foster Grandparent Program (FGP) regulations set for the in 45 CFR Part 2552

if the applicant is proposing to utilize stipended volunteers similar to a traditional FGP

program, with the exception of: 45 CFR 2552.43 1

• Follow all Senior Companion Program (SCP) regulations set forth in 45 CFR Part 2551 if

the applicant is proposing to utilize stipended volunteers similar to a traditional SCP

program, with the exception of: 45 CFR 2551.43 2

D. APPLICATION AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION

For all AmeriCorps Seniors grantees, this Notice should be read together with the AmeriCorps

Seniors SDP regulations, AmeriCorps Seniors American Rescue SDP Grant

Application Instructions, Appendix A: List of Priority Areas, and the Appendix B: AmeriCorps

Seniors American Rescue SDP Performance Measures. These documents are available online.

D.1. Address to Request an Application Package

All information associated with this funding opportunity is available through the AmeriCorps

Seniors Funding Opportunities webpages. Applicants can also send an email to the assigned

Regional Office for a printed copy of the Notice and Guidance. AmeriCorps also offers live text

chat at https://americorps.gov/contact

D.2. Content and Form of Application Submission

D.2.a. Application Content

Complete applications must include the following elements:

• Standard Form 424 (SF-424) Cover Sheet: This is automatically generated when

applicants complete the data elements in the eGrants system.

• Narrative Sections:

o Executive Summary: This is a brief description of the proposed program. The

Executive Summary must match the language templates as provided below on in

Section E.1.A. Executive Summary. The text provided of all compliant applications

will be made available to the public following grant awards.

o Program Design: As described in Section E.1.b – E.1.e

o Organizational Capability: As described in Section E.1.f

o Other: As described below in Section E.1.g

1 The full set of FGP regulations may be found at 45 CFR Part 2552. See section F., Federal Award Administration 

Information for specifics for the full range of administrative and national policy requirements. 

2 The full set of SCP regulations may be found at 45 CFR Part 2551. See section F., Federal Award Administration 

Information, for specifics on the full range of administrative and national policy requirements. 
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o Cost-Effectiveness & Budget Adequacy E.1.h

• Standard Form 424A Budget

• Performance Measures

• Authorization, Assurances, and Certifications 3

D.2.b. Page Limits

Applications may not exceed 15 double-spaced pages as the pages print out from eGrants. The 

application sections that count towards the page limit are the:

• SF-424 Cover Sheet 

• Executive Summary 

• Program Design, Organizational Capability, Cost-Effectiveness & Budget Adequacy, and 

Other narratives.

The application page limit does not include the Budget, Performance Measures, or any required 

additional documents. 

Please note that the length of the application as a word processing document may differ from the 

length of the document printed out from eGrants. The character limits in eGrants do not align 

with page limits set in the Notice. AmeriCorps Seniors strongly encourages applicants to 

print out the application from the “Review and Submit” tab in eGrants prior to submission 

in order to confirm that the application does not exceed the page limit.

AmeriCorps Seniors will not consider the results of any alternative printing methods when 

determining if an application complies with the page limit. Reviewers will also not consider 

material that is over the page limit, even if eGrants allows applicants to enter and submit 

additional text.

D.3. Unique Entity Identifier and System for Award Management (SAM) 

All applicants must register with the System for Award Management (SAM) at

https://www.sam.gov/SAM/ and maintain an active SAM registration until the application 

process is complete. If an applicant is awarded a grant, it must maintain an active SAM 

registration throughout the life of the award. See the SAM Quick Guide for Grantees at:

https://sam.gov/SAM/transcript/Quick_Guide_for_Grants_Registrations.pdf.

SAM registration must be renewed annually. AmeriCorps Seniors suggests that applicants 

finalize a new registration or renew an existing one at least three weeks before the application 

deadline, to allow time to resolve any issues that may arise. Applicants must use their SAMregistered legal name and address on all grant applications to AmeriCorps Seniors.

AmeriCorps Seniors will not make awards to entities that do not have a valid SAM registration 

and DUNS. If an applicant has not fully complied with these requirements by the time 

AmeriCorps Seniors is ready to make a Federal award, AmeriCorps Seniors may determine that 

3 https://egrants.cns.gov/cnsmisc/ECERTS.HTM, and https://egrants.cns.gov/cnsmisc/EASSUR.HTM
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the applicant is not qualified to receive an award and use that determination as a basis for making 

a Federal award to another applicant. 

Applications must include an Employer Identification Number.

Applications must include a DUNS number. Applicants can obtain a DUNS number at no cost by 

calling the DUNS number request line at (866) 705-5711 or by applying online at the DUNS 

Request Service. AmeriCorps Seniors recommends registering at least 30 days before the 

application due date. 

The Federal government is implementing Unique Entity Identifiers (UEI) as part of the SAM 

registration process to eventually replace DUNS numbers. AmeriCorps Seniors may ask 

applicants to add the UEI to their application as part of the clarification or pre-award 

process. AmeriCorps Seniors is adding a field to capture the UEI in eGrants. If you already have 

a UEI and the UEI field is available in eGrants, you can enter it at the time you submit your 

application. 

D.4. Submission Dates and Times

D.4.a. Application Submission Deadline

Applications are due Monday, October 18, 2021 by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

AmeriCorps Seniors will not consider applications received after the deadline, except as noted in 

Section D.4.c. Late Applications. AmeriCorps Seniors reserves the right to extend the submission 

deadline. AmeriCorps Seniors will post a notification in the event of an extended deadline on 

AmeriCorps Seniors’ website. 

• AmeriCorps’ recommends that applicants create an eGrants account and begin the

application at least three weeks before the deadline. Applicants should draft the

application as a Word document, then copy and paste the text into the appropriate

eGrants field no later than 10 days before the deadline.

D.4.b. Additional Documents Deadline

Additional documents are due by the application submission deadline. See Sections D.4.a.

Application Submission Deadline and D.7.b. Submission of Additional Documents for more

information.

D.4.c. Late Applications

All applications received after the submission deadline of Monday, October 18, 2021 by 5:00pm

ET as published in this Notice are presumed to be non-compliant. To overcome this presumption,

the applicant must:

• submit a written explanation or justification of the extenuating circumstance(s) that

caused the delay, including:

o the timing and specific cause(s) of the delay

o the ticket number if a request for assistance was submitted to the National Service

Hotline

o any information provided to the applicant by the National Service Hotline
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o any other documentation or evidence that supports the justification

• ensure that AmeriCorps Seniors receives the written explanation or justification and any 

other evidence that substantiates the claimed extenuating circumstance(s), via email to 

AmericanRescueSDP@cns.gov no later than 24 hours after the application deadline of 

Monday, October 18, 2021 by 5:00pm ET as stated in the Notice.

Communication with AmeriCorps Seniors staff, including an applicant’s portfolio manager, is 

not a substitute for a written explanation or justification of the extenuating circumstance that 

caused the delay as outlined above. Applicants are required to continue working in eGrants, 

AmeriCorps web-based application system and with the National Service Hotline to submit the 

application. 

Please note: AmeriCorps Seniors will not consider an advance request to submit a late 

application. Please carefully review and follow the guidance in this section and submit your 

application as soon as possible.

D.5. Intergovernmental Review

This Notice is not subject to Executive Order 12372, “Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs.” 

D.6. Funding Restrictions 

D.6.a. Award Funding Requirements

Awards under this Notice are subject to cost share or matching requirements. 

D.6.b. Indirect Costs

Application budgets may include indirect costs. Based on qualifying factors, applicants may 

either use a federally-approved indirect cost rate, a 10 percent de minimis rate of modified total 

direct costs, or may claim certain costs directly, as outlined in 2 CFR 200.413. States, local 

governments, and Tribal communities may use previously approved indirect cost allocation 

plans. All methods must be applied consistently across all federal awards. Applicants that have a 

federal negotiated indirect cost rate or that will be using the 10 percent de minimis rate must 

enter that information in the Organization section in eGrants. The instructions for how to enter 

the organization’s indirect cost rate are located here: eGrants Indirect Cost Rate User 

Instructions. Applicants should not submit documentation addressing the indirect cost rate 

agreement via email.

Please note: To request a Federally negotiated indirect cost rate agreement, when AmeriCorps is 

the applicable cognizant agency for an organization’s indirect costs, the applicant must submit a 

request to IndirectCostRate@cns.gov. The applicant may also obtain instructions and additional 

information by contacting the email address above.

D.6.c. Pre-Award Costs

Pre-award costs, where authorized, are allowed after receiving written approval from

AmeriCorps.
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D.6.d. Budget Guidance 

All applicants must include a line item in the budget for training of the Project Director, which 

may include any training events approved by AmeriCorps Seniors. Applicants may budget for an 

additional staff member to attend the training events if funds permit. The recommended amount, 

for budgeting purposes is $1,000 per year. Long distance travel funds may be re-budgeted later if 

not fully spent depending on actual training activities.

The proposed budget is to include all costs for the two-years of programming as outlined in this 

Notice. 

D.7. Other Submission Requirements

D.7.a. Electronic Application Submission in eGrants

Applicants must submit applications electronically via eGrants, AmeriCorps' web-based 

application system AmeriCorps Seniors recommends that applicants create an eGrants account 

and begin the application at least three weeks before the deadline. Applicants should draft the 

application as a Word document, then copy and paste the text into the appropriate eGrants field 

no later than 10 days before the deadline.

The applicant’s authorized representative must be the person who submits the application. The 

authorized representative must use their own eGrants account to sign and submit the application. 

A copy of the governing body’s authorization for this official representative to sign must be on 

file in the applicant’s office.

Applicants should contact the AmeriCorps Hotline at (800) 942-2677 or via eGrants Questions if 

they have a problem when they create an account, prepare, or submit the application. 

AmeriCorps Hotline hours are posted at https://questions.americorps.gov/app/ask.

Be prepared to provide the application ID, organization’s name, and the competition to which the 

organization is applying. If the issue cannot be resolved by the deadline, applicants must 

continue working with the AmeriCorps Hotline to submit via eGrants.

If circumstances make it impossible for an applicant to submit in eGrants, applicants may send a 

paper copy of the application via overnight carrier to the address below. Applicants must include 

a written explanation and any other documentation or evidence that support their inability to 

submit their application electronically. 

AmeriCorps

ATTN: Office of Grant Administration (OGA)/ FY 2022 AmeriCorps Seniors American

Rescue SDP Application 

250 E Street, SW, Suite 300

Washington, DC 20525
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Please use a non-U.S. Postal Service carrier to avoid security-related delays. All deadlines and 

requirements in this Notice also apply to paper applications. AmeriCorps Seniors does not 

accept applications submitted via fax or email. 

D.7.b. Submission of Additional Documents

Applicants are required to submit the following additional documents by the application

submission deadline:

• All applicants are required to submit an Operational and Financial Management Survey

(OFMS) located here. Please submit the OFMS as a Word document. Forms submitted as

a PDF or any other document format may not be accepted.

• All applicant are required to submit the Diversity Questionaire locate here (Diversity

Questionaire is still in development). Please submit as an Excel document. Forms

submitted as a PDF or any other document format may not be accepted.

Failure to submit the required additional documents by the deadline may have a negative effect 

on the assessment of your application. 

Additional documents must be emailed to AmericanRescueSDP@cns.gov with the following 

subject line: “Legal Applicant Name” – “Application ID Number.” Emails should include:

• The legal applicant name and its point of contact information

• The application ID number

• A list of documents that are attached to the email

• Individually attached files that are clearly labeled, and that include the legal applicant

name and application ID number within the heading of each document. To ensure that all

required additional documents are received, please provide each document as an

individual file. Please do not send all documents as one scanned file.

• If the size of an applicant’s files requires multiple emails, please also include an ordering

system in the subject line, such as “(1 of 3).”

Do not submit any items that are not requested in this Notice and Application Instructions, 

AmeriCorps Seniors will not review or return them.

E. APPLICATION REVIEW INFORMATION

E.1. Review Criteria

Applications should include a well-designed plan with clear and compelling justifications for

receiving the requested funds. Reviewers will assess the quality of applications by using the

selection criteria described below and will rate them accordingly.

Categories/Subcategories

Executive Summary Required, but not scored

Program Design 50 Points

• Strengthening Communities 15 Points

• Description of Diversity, Equity, and

Inclusion

 10 Points
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• Performance Measures/Workplans 15 Points

• Funding Priority/Focus Area Required, but not scored

• Recruitment and Development 10 Points

Organizational Capability 30 Points

• Program Management 15 Points

• Organizational Capability 15 Points

Cost-Effectiveness and Budget Adequacy 15 Points

Other- Evaluation Plan 5 Points

E.1.a. Executive Summary (Required - 0 points)

Please fill in the blanks of these sentences to complete the Executive Summary. Do not deviate

from the template below.

“The [Name of the organization] proposes to have [Number of] AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers 

who will [service activities the members will be doing] in [the locations the AmeriCorps Seniors 

volunteers will serve]. The primary focus area of this project is [fill in AmeriCorps Focus Area]. 

At the end of the two-year grant, AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers will be responsible for [fill in 

the anticipated outcome (s)]. The AmeriCorps federal investment of $ [fill in the annual federal 

grant amount or the requested amount] will be supplemented by $ [fill in the anticipated level of 

non-federal resources].” 

E.1.b. Program Design (50 points)

Reviewers will consider the quality of the application’s response to the criteria below. Do not

assume all sub-criteria are of equal value.

The Strengthening Communities narrative shall address (15 points): 

• The proposed interventions are responsive to the identified community problem(s).

• The applicant’s proposed interventions are clearly articulated including the design,

dosage, target population, and roles of AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers. The applicant’s

intervention is likely to lead to the outcomes identified in the applicant’s work plans.

• The expected outcomes articulated in the Strengthening Communities narrative and

Performance Measures represent meaningful progress in addressing the community

problems identified by the applicant.

• The rationale for utilizing AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers to deliver the intervention(s),

addressing the community need is reasonable.

• How the service of AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers will produce significant contributions

to existing efforts to address the stated problem.

The section on description of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) shall address 

(10 points) (to be included in the Strengthening Communities Narrative): 

• Provide the applicant’s (organization’s or institution’s) definitions of diversity, equity

and inclusion AND share activities the organization is engaged in related to diversity,

equity and inclusion.
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• Describe how you will ensure your project engages a diverse and inclusive group of 

volunteers.

• Describe how you will ensure your project serves members of your community through 

an equity lens.

• Include demographic, income, and additional relevant information about the communities 

you’ll be serving related to racial equity.

• Complete and submit the Diversity Questionnaire.

E.1.c. Notice Priority (required 0 points):

• The applicant’s proposed program significantly and intentionally addresses one or more 

of the AmeriCorps Seniors funding priorities as outlined in the Funding Priorities section

and Focus Area.

E.1.d. Work Plan (series of Performance Measures) (15 Points) are to include:

• Description of the community problem being addressed by the individual performance 

measure. 

• Description of the service activities that address the community problem. 

• Description of the intended outcome of the service activity. 

• Each Performance Measure logically connects the four major elements to each other and 

are aligned with National Performance Measures.

1. The community need(s) identified

2. The service activities that will be carried out by AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers

3. The instrument description and data collection plans

4. Work plans include target numbers that lead to outcomes or outputs, and are 

appropriate for the total number of volunteers assigned to the Performance 

Measure 

• The service activities that are defined in each Performance Measure must include the 

intervention the AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers will implement or deliver, including: 

o The duration of the intervention (e.g., the total number of weeks, sessions or months 

of 

the intervention) 

o The dosage of the intervention (e.g., the number of hours per session or sessions per 

week) 

o The target population for the intervention (e.g., disconnected seniors/youth, third 

graders at a certain reading proficiency level) 

o The measurable outputs that result from delivering the intervention (i.e. number of 

beneficiaries served, types and number of activities conducted). If applicable, identify 

which National Performance Measures will be used as output indicators

o Outcomes that demonstrate changes in knowledge/skill, attitude, behavior, or 

condition that occur because of the intervention. If applicable, identify which 

National Performance 

Measures will be used as outcome indicators.

• All proposed AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers must be included in at least one outcomebased Performance Measure.
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E.1.e. Recruitment and Development of Volunteers (10 points)

Reviewers will assess the extent to which the proposed project demonstrates a plan and the 

organization’s infrastructure to provide for effective volunteer recruitment and management 

through the following criteria:

• Describe how the proposed recruitment strategy is a strategic response to the 

demographics in the community served.

• Demonstrate a plan and infrastructure to ensure volunteers received training needed to 

succeed in the service activities described in the Performance Measures.

• Describe the demographics of the community served and plans to recruit AmeriCorps 

Seniors volunteers from geographic or demographic communities in which the program 

operates. This could include but not limited to the following:

a. Volunteers from BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and Other People of Color) 

communities

b. Volunteers from LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and 

Questioning) communities 

c. Individuals with varying degrees of English language proficiency

d. Individuals with disabilities

e. Veterans and military family members as volunteers

• Demonstrate a plan and adequate infrastructure to retain and recognize volunteers. This 

includes:

a. An explanation of how the applicant will foster an inclusive service culture where 

different backgrounds, talents, and capabilities are welcome retain and recognize 

volunteers.

b. A description of how engaged volunteers will remain active over the course of 

grant funding. 

• Demonstrated a plan for developing and growing a culture of inclusion at volunteer 

stations to ensure volunteer station supervisors who are involved in the recruitment of 

volunteers are invested in address community disparities and the root causes of biases in 

recruitment efforts. 

E.1.f. Organizational Capability (total 30 points):

Program Management (15 points)

Reviewers will consider the extent to which the applicant demonstrates:

• Narratives describe the plans and infrastructure to ensure management of volunteer 

stations complies with the program regulations

• Demonstrated plan to address culture of volunteer stations to be safe inclusive spaces for 

diverse volunteers.

• Narratives demonstrate plans and infrastructure to develop and/or oversee volunteer 

stations to ensure that volunteers are performing their assigned service activities,

including 

a. Sufficient guidance and support of AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers for provide 

effective service.

b. Adequate training and preparation of station supervisors to follow AmeriCorps 

Seniors program regulations, priorities and expectations.
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Organizational Capability (15 points)

• Describe the organizations commitment to equity when addressing critical communities 

needs reflected in the organizations mission and vision, as well as the applications 

Performance Measures.

• Describe the plans and infrastructure to provide sound programmatic and fiscal oversight 

(both financial and in-kind) and day-to-day operational support to ensure the following:

a. Compliance with program requirements (statutes, regulations, and applicable 

OMB circulars); Accountability, and Efficient and effective use of available 

resources. 

b. Plans to engage non-federal funding sources for sustainability of programming.

• Narratives clearly define paid staff positions, including identification of current staff 

assigned to the project (name, title, and brief position description) and how these 

positions will ensure the accomplishment of program objectives. 

• Describe your agency’s experience with, and/or plans for diversity, equity, and inclusion 

within your organization. This can include the inclusion of diversity on the Board of 

Directors, agency staff and leadership, and/or volunteers.

• Narratives demonstrate organizational capacity to develop and implement internal 

policies and operating procedures to provide governance and manage risk, such as 

accounting, personnel management, and purchasing. 

E.1.h. Cost-Effectiveness and Budget Adequacy (15 points):

Reviewers will consider the extent to which the proposal logically connects:

• Have a reasonable cost per volunteer in proposed work plan that lead to National 

Performance Measure requirements (See Appendix B and section A.3 of the Notice).

• Have plans and infrastructure to secure the non-federal support for program 

sustainability-including dedicated staff, grant proposal processes and other plans.

E.1.i. Other-Evaluation Plan (Required - 5 points)

Evaluation is a tool for improving a program and increasing its ability to serve people more 

efficiently and effectively. To ensure the applicant has a quality evaluation plan, describe the 

following:

• A description of the applicant’s data collection system and how it is sufficient to collect 

high 

quality performance measurement data. If the applicant does not yet have a data 

collection system, describe the plan and timeline for developing a high-quality system 

during the propose planning period.

• A description of how the applicant will use performance data.

For more information, about evaluation plans and data collection methods, please visit the 

AmeriCorps Evaluation Resources: https://www.americorps.gov/grantees-sponsors/evaluationresources

E.2. Review and Selection Process

AmeriCorps Seniors will engage Staff Reviewers with relevant knowledge and expertise to 

assess and provide input on the eligible applications. The review and selection process are

intended to produce a diversified set of high-quality programs that represent the priorities and 

strategic considerations described in this Notice. The determinations made by AmeriCorps
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Seniors reviewers may be different from what the applicant self-determined upon submission of 

its application. The stages of the review and selection process follow:

E.2.a. Initial Application Compliance and Eligibility Review

AmeriCorps Seniors will conduct an initial Compliance and Eligibility Review to determine if an 

application meets the eligibility requirements published in this Notice and advances to the next 

stage of the review process. 

An application is compliant if the applicant: 

• Is an eligible organization

• Applied by the submission deadline

• Submitted an application that complies with the following program-specific 

requirements: 

o Submission of the OFMS

o Submission of the Diversity Questionnaire

Reviewing for eligibility is intended to ensure that only those applications that are eligible for 

award are further reviewed. However, determinations of eligibility can take place at any point 

during the application review and selection process. Applicants that are determined to be 

ineligible will not receive an award.

E.2.b. Application Review 

Internal Review

AmeriCorps Seniors Staff Reviewers will assess the applications based on the Program Design, 

Organizational Capability, and Cost-Effectiveness and Budget Adequacy Selection Criteria. Staff 

Reviewers will also consider the priorities and strategic considerations detailed in this Notice. 

AmeriCorps Seniors will recruit and select Staff Reviewers based on demonstrated expertise in 

AmeriCorps Seniors programming and/or the Focus Areas, as well as experience assessing 

applications. All Staff Reviewers will be screened for conflicts of interest. 

Post-Review Quality Control

After the initial review process is complete, AmeriCorps Seniors staff will review the initial 

results for fairness and consistency. Some applications may be selected for a Post-Review 

Quality Control assessment. This additional level of review will be used to ensure fairness and 

provide assurances that an application was not disadvantaged in the original review.

E.2.c. Applicant Clarification

AmeriCorps Seniors may ask an applicant for clarifying information. AmeriCorps Seniors staff 

will use this information to make funding recommendations. A request for clarification does not 

guarantee an award. Applicants may be recommended for funding even if they are not asked for 

clarifying information. An applicant’s failure to respond to a request for clarification adequately 

and in a timely manner may result in the removal of its application from consideration. 

E.2.d. Pre-Award Risk Assessment

AmeriCorps Seniors staff will evaluate the risks to the program posed by each applicant to assess 

an applicant’s ability to manage federal funds. This evaluation is in addition to assessments of 
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the applicant’s eligibility and the quality of its application based on the Selection Criteria. 

Results from this evaluation will inform funding decisions. If AmeriCorps Seniors determines 

that an award will be made to an applicant with assessed risks, special conditions that correspond 

to the degree of assessed risk may be applied to the award. Additionally, if AmeriCorps Seniors

concludes that the reasons for applicants having poor risk assessment are not likely to be 

mitigated, those applications may not be selected for funding. 

In evaluating risks, AmeriCorps Seniors may consider the following criteria: 

Due Diligence:

• Federal debt delinquency

• Suspension and debarment

• Information available through OMB-designated repositories of government-wide 

eligibility qualification or financial integrity information, such as:

o Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS)

o U.S. Treasury Bureau of Fiscal Services

o System for Award Management (SAM)

o “Do Not Pay” 

• Reports and findings from single audits performed under Uniform Administrative 

Guidance and findings of any other available audits or investigations

• IRS Tax Form 990

• Oversight.gov

• Public Litigation Records

Operational and Financial Management:

• Financial stability

• Operational and Financial Management Survey

Past Performance: 

Applicant’s record in managing previous AmeriCorps Seniors awards (if applicable), cooperative 

agreements, or procurement awards, including: 

• Timeliness of compliance with applicable reporting requirements

• Accuracy of data reported

• Validity of performance measure data reported

• Conformance to the terms and conditions of previous federal awards

• applicant’s ability to effectively implement statutory, regulatory, or other requirements 

imposed on award recipients

• Meeting matching requirements

• The extent to which any previously awarded amounts will be expended prior to future 

awards

• Criminal history check compliance. Note that AmeriCorps Seniors is best able to 

determine compliance with criminal history check requirements for grant recipients using 

the AmeriCorps Seniors - approved contracted vendors

Other Programmatic Risks:

• Publicly available information, including information from the applicant organization's 
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website

• Amount of funding requested by the organization 

E.2.e. Consideration of Integrity and Performance System Information

Prior to making any award that exceeds the $250,000, AmeriCorps is required to review and 

consider any information about the applicant that is in the designated integrity and performance 

system accessible through SAM (currently FAPIIS) (See 41 U.S.C. 2313). Additionally, 

AmeriCorps may expand upon these requirements and use its discretion to review and consider 

information about any applicant receiving an award, including those under $250,000.

Any applicant, at its option, may review information in the designated integrity and performance 

systems accessible through FAPIIS and comment on any information about itself that a federal 

awarding agency previously entered and is currently in the designated integrity and performance 

system accessible through FAPIIS.

AmeriCorps may consider comments by any applicant, in addition to the other information in the 

designated integrity and performance system, in making a judgment about the applicant's 

integrity, business ethics, and record of performance under federal awards when completing its 

review of risk posed by the applicant under the Risk Assessment Evaluation section of this

Notice. 

E.2.f. Selection for Funding

The review and selection process is designed to: 

• Identify how well eligible applications are aligned with the application review criteria

• Build a diversified portfolio based on the following strategic considerations: 

o AmeriCorps Seniors Funding Priorities (See Section A.2. Funding Priorities)

o Meaningful representation of 

 Geographic diversity 

 Rural communities

 Small and medium programs 

 Focus Area

Based on the evaluation of these strategic considerations, applications may be selected for 

funding over applications with a greater degree of alignment with the review criteria. In selecting 

applicants to receive awards under this Notice, the program Director will endeavor to include a 

diverse portfolio of applications based on staff recommendations and strategic considerations.

AmeriCorps Seniors reserves the right to award applications in an amount other than at the

requested level of funding and will document the rationale for doing so.

AmeriCorps Seniors reserves the right to adjust or make changes to the review process, if 

unforeseen challenges or urgent circumstances make it impossible, impracticable, or inefficient 

to conduct the review process as planned. Any such adjustments or changes will not affect the 

selection criteria that will be used to assess applications.
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F. FEDERAL AWARD ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION 

F.1. Federal Award Notices 

AmeriCorps Seniors will make awards following the selection announcement. AmeriCorps 

Seniors anticipates announcing the results of this funding opportunity by March 31, 2022. All 

applicants, successful or not, will be notified of funding decisions via email.

Notification of an award is not an authorization to begin activities. The Notice of Grant Award 

signed by the Office of Grant Administration is the authorizing document. An awardee may not 

expend federal funds until the start of the Period of Performance identified on the Notice of 

Grant Award.

F.2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements

F.2.a. Uniform Guidance

All awards made under this Notice will be subject to the Uniform Administrative Requirements, 

Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance), in 2 CFR 

Parts 200 and 2205.

F.2.b. Requests for Monitoring or Payment Integrity Information

AmeriCorps Seniors may request documentation from recipients in order to monitor the award or 

to comply with other legal requirements, such as the Improper Payments Information Act of 

2002, as amended. Failure to make timely responses to these requests may result in award funds 

being placed on manual hold, reimbursement only status, or other remedies may be applied as 

appropriate. 

F.2.c. AmeriCorps Terms and Conditions 

All awards made under this Notice will be subject to the 2022 AmeriCorps General Terms and 

Conditions, and the AmeriCorps Seniors 2022 Program-Specific Terms and Conditions for the 

particular program. These Terms and Conditions contain detailed, mandatory compliance and 

reporting requirements. Current versions of the AmeriCorps General and Program-Specific 

Terms and Conditions for each of its programs is available at https://americorps.gov/granteessponsors. 

F.2.d. National Service Criminal History Check Requirements

The National Service Criminal History Check (NSCHC) is a specific screening procedure 

established by law to protect the beneficiaries of national service. Applicants are strongly 

encouraged to review the regulations and additional guidance at https://americorps.gov/granteessponsors/history-check to fully understand how to comply with these requirements. 

Failure to conduct a compliant NSCHC may result in significant disallowed costs.

An NSCHC consists of the following components:

(1) A nationwide check of the National Sex Offender Public website through 

NSOPW.gov;
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(2) A check of the State criminal history record repository or agency-designated 

alternative for the individual's State of residence and State of service; and

(3) A fingerprint-based check of the FBI criminal history record database through the 

State criminal history record repository or agency-approved vendor.

All NSCHC components must be conducted, reviewed, and an eligibility determination made 

before the individual begins work or service. AmeriCorps strongly encourages funded applicants 

to utilize the two AmeriCorps-approved vendors to conduct the required NSCHCs. Information 

regarding use of these two vendors can be found at https://americorps.gov/granteessponsors/history-check. 

In general, award recipients and subrecipients must conduct an NSCHC for AmeriCorps 

members, AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers, and staff funded under, or whose salary is reflected as 

match on, the award. 

An individual is not eligible to serve or work in a position subject to the NSCHC requirements if: 

• the individual refuses to consent to a criminal history check;

• makes a false statement in connection with a criminal history check; 

• is registered, or is required to be registered, on a state sex offender registry or the 

National Sex Offender Registry; or

• has been convicted of murder. 

The cost of conducting NSCHC is an allowable expense under the award and the individual 

subject to the NSCHC may not be required to cover the cost without being reimbursed.

See 45 CFR 2540.200– 2540.207 and National Service Criminal History Check Resources for 

complete information and FAQs.

F.2e. Official Guidance

All AmeriCorps Seniors active guidance is available on the agency’s Guidance webpage: 

https://www.americorps.gov/about/agency-overview/official-guidance. The contents of these 

documents do not have the force and effect of law and are not meant to bind the public in any 

way unless incorporated into a contract or grant agreement. These documents are intended only 

to provide clarity to the public regarding existing requirements under the law or agency policies.

F.3. Use of Material

To ensure that materials generated with AmeriCorps Seniors funding are available to the public 

and readily accessible to recipients and non-recipients, AmeriCorps Seniors reserves a royaltyfree, nonexclusive, and irrevocable right to obtain, use, modify, reproduce, publish, or 

disseminate publications and materials produced under the award, including data, and to 

authorize others to do so (2 CFR §200.315).

F.4. Reporting 

Recipients are required to submit a variety of reports which are due at specific times during the 

life cycle of an award. All reports must be accurate, complete, and submitted on time.
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Recipients are required to provide semi-annual and annual narrative progress reports, and semiannual financial reports through eGrants, AmeriCorps’ web-based grants management system. 

All recipients must submit quarterly financial reports to the U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services Payment Management System.

In addition, at the end of the award period, recipients must submit final financial and progress 

reports that are cumulative over the entire award period and consistent with the close-out 

requirements. The final reports are due 120 days after the end of the period of performance. 

Award recipients will be required to report at https://www.FSRS.gov on all subawards over 

$30,000, and may be required to report on executive compensation for the recipient organization

and its subrecipients. Recipients must have the necessary systems in place to collect and report 

this information. See 2 CFR Part 170 for more information and to determine how these 

requirements apply. 

Once the grant is awarded, recipients will be expected to have data collection and data 

management policies, processes, and practices that provide reasonable assurance that they are 

reporting high quality performance measure data. At a minimum, recipients should have policies, 

processes, and practices that address the following five aspects of data quality for themselves and 

for subrecipients (if applicable):

• The data measures what it intends to measure

• The data reported is complete

• The recipient collects data in a consistent manner

• The recipient takes steps to correct data errors

• The recipient actively reviews data for accuracy prior to submission. 

Failure to submit accurate, complete, and timely required reports may affect the recipient’s 

ability to secure future AmeriCorps Seniors funding.

G. FEDERAL AWARDING AGENCY CONTACTS 

For more information, call or email the assigned Regional Office. AmeriCorps also offers live 

text chat at Contact us | AmeriCorps. 

For technical questions and problems with the eGrants system, call the National Service Hotline 

at (800) 942-2677. National Service Hotline hours are posted at 

https://questions.americorps.gov/app/ask. Potential applicants can also use this link: eGrants 

Questions. Be prepared to provide the application ID, organization’s name, and the name of the 

Notice to which the organization is applying.

H. OTHER INFORMATION 

H.1. Technical Assistance

AmeriCorps Seniors will host technical assistance calls to answer questions about the funding 

opportunity and eGrants. AmeriCorps Seniors strongly encourages all applicants to participate in 
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these sessions. Call-in information for the technical assistance calls is on the American Rescue 

SDP Funding Opportunities page.

I. IMPORTANT NOTICES 

Public Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for collection of information under this 

Notice of Funding is estimated to average six hours per submission, including reviewing 

instructions, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing the application and 

reporting forms. AmeriCorps Seniors informs people who may respond to this Notice of Funding 

that they are not required to respond unless the OMB control number and expiration date are 

current valid. (See 5 C.F.R. 1320.5(b)(2)(i).) The OMB Control Number for the information 

collection is 3045-0187. It expires on 9/30/2020.

Privacy Act Statement: The Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C 552a) requires that we notify you 

that the information requested under this Notice of Funding is collected pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 

12592 and 12615 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 as amended, and 42 

U.S.C. 4953 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 as amended. Purposes and Uses -

The information requested is collected for the purposes of reviewing grant applications and 

granting funding requests. Routine uses may include disclosure of the information to federal, 

state, or local agencies pursuant to lawfully authorized requests. In some programs, the 

information may also be provided to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to 

determine the existence of any prior criminal convictions. The information may also be provided 

to appropriate federal agencies and contractors that have a need to know the information for the 

purpose of assisting the government to respond to a suspected or confirmed breach of the 

security or confidentiality or information maintained in this system of records, and the 

information disclosed is relevant and unnecessary for the assistance. Effects of Nondisclosure -

The information requested is voluntary; however, to be a recipient of this grant program, 

disclosure of personal or sensitive information is required to receive federal benefits.