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NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY

Federal Agency Name: AmeriCorps 

Funding Opportunity Title: FY 2023 AmeriCorps Seniors

Senior Demonstration Program (SDP)

New, Continuation, and Renewal

Announcement Type: Final 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 Senior Demonstration 

Program (SDP) grantees who were not funded with ARP funding and new grantees who have 

been invited to apply only.

Important Dates –

Current AmeriCorps Seniors SDP Q3 Continuation or Renewal with an April 1st start date 

should apply no later than February 25, 2023, 5:00 pm Eastern Time. There are no 

guarantees that applications submitted past Feb. 25, 2023 will be awarded before April 1, 

2023. The SDP Q4 Continuation or Renewal applications with a July 1 start date are due no 

later than March 9, 2023, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. New applications must meet the 

deadline as communicated by AmeriCorps Staff.

This Notice will also be used by applicants who have been invited to apply for a Senior 

Demonstration Program (SDP) grant. These applicants will be contacted by either an 

AmeriCorps Seniors team member or Senior/Portfolio Manager who will provide the 

required submission date. 
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Contents

A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION............................................................................................... 4

A.1. Purpose of AmeriCorps Seniors’ Senior Demonstration Program (SDP) Funding ..............................4

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

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

A.4. Program Authority ................................................................................................................................6

B. FEDERAL AWARD INFORMATION ................................................................................. 6

B.1. Estimated Available Funds....................................................................................................................6

B.2. Period of Performance...........................................................................................................................6

B.3. Type of Award ......................................................................................................................................7

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

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

C.2. Cost Sharing or Match...........................................................................................................................7

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

D. APPLICATION AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION ..................................................... 8

D.1. Address to Request an Application Package.........................................................................................8

D.2. Content and Form of Application Submission......................................................................................8

D.2.a. Application Content ............................................................................................................................................8

D.2.b. Page Limits.........................................................................................................................................................9

D.3. Unique Entity Identifier and System for Award Management (SAM) ..............................................10

D.4. Submission Dates and Times..............................................................................................................10

D.4.a. Application Submission Deadline.....................................................................................................................10

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 ..............................................................................................................................................12

D.7. Other Submission Requirements.........................................................................................................12

D.7.a. Electronic Application Submission in eGrants .................................................................................................12

D.7.b. Submission of Additional Documents..............................................................................................................13

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

E.1. Application Sections............................................................................................................................14

E.1.a. Executive Summary...........................................................................................................................................14

E.1.b. Program Design.................................................................................................................................................14

E.1.c. Notice Priority (New Applicants):.....................................................................................................................15

E.1.d. Work Plan(s) .....................................................................................................................................................15

E.1.e. Recruitment and Development of Volunteers ...................................................................................................16

E.1.f. Organizational Capability (New Applicants only):............................................................................................17

E.1.g. Cost-Effectiveness and Budget Adequacy (New applicants only):...................................................................18

E.1.h. Other - Evaluation Plan (New Applicants only)................................................................................................18

E.2. Continuation Applications...................................................................................................................18

E. 3. Application Review..............................................................................................................................................19
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E.3.a. Initial Application Compliance and Eligibility Review ....................................................................................19

E.3.b. Application Review...........................................................................................................................................19

E.3.c. Applicant Clarification ......................................................................................................................................19

E.3.d. Pre-Award Risk Assessment .............................................................................................................................19

E.3.e. Consideration of Integrity and Performance System Information.....................................................................21

E.3.f. Selection for Funding.........................................................................................................................................21

F. FEDERAL AWARD ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION - ALL AMERICORPS 

SENIORS SDP ............................................................................................................................ 21

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.2.e. 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 ....................................................................................................... 24
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A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

All AmeriCorps Seniors SDP new and continuation applications see Sections A.1. – A.4.

A.1. Purpose of AmeriCorps Seniors’ Senior Demonstration Program (SDP) Funding

AmeriCorps brings people together to tackle some of the country’s most pressing challenges 

through national service and volunteerism. AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors 

volunteers serve with organizations dedicated to the improvement of communities and those 

serving. AmeriCorps helps make service a cornerstone of our national culture.

The Senior Demonstration Authority, as written in the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 

under Part E—Demonstration Programs, Section 231 Authority of the Director authorizes the 

Director of AmeriCorps Seniors to make grants to or enter into contracts with public or 

nonprofit organizations for the purposes of demonstrating innovative activities involving 

older Americans as volunteers. The Director may support under this authority both volunteers 

receiving stipends and volunteers not receiving stipends.

A.2. Funding Priorities

Organizations are invited to apply for continuation, renewal, or new funding (if invited by 

AmeriCorps staff) for a proposed project that will meet the eligibility criteria as detailed in 

this document.

Incumbent projects that currently receive an AmeriCorps Seniors’ SDP grant are invited to 

submit a continuation or renewal application if the proposed project is continuing to meet 

the eligibility criteria as detailed in this document. 

AmeriCorps Seniors funding priorities for SDP are:

• AmeriCorps Seniors is committed, in this grant cycle, to serving more communities 

that have faced historical inequities and the organizations that have support those 

communities, such as, programs and organizations that serve Black, Indigenous, and 

People of Color (BIPOC) and that actively address the impacts of structural and 

institutional inequities, advance racial equity, and increase opportunities in order to 

achieve sustainable change in communities. Grant applicants are also encouraged to 

include work plans that advance justice and equity in areas such as Healthy Futures.

• AmeriCorps Seniors encourages applicants to focus on efforts to help local 

communities respond to and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Applicants may 

propose programming in focus areas such as healthy futures to aid communities as 

they recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, programming in education to help get 

children back on track with learning loss that may have resulted from technical 

challenges due to remote learning, or programming to support veterans and military 

families.

Senior Demonstration Program applicants should present a plan to recruit and support 

volunteers aged fifty-five and older to engage in community-driven interventions to address 

unmet community needs. Programs may use other AmeriCorps Seniors programming (FGP, 

SCP, RSVP) as the basis of program development, but must offer something different from 

these programs as a way for AmeriCorps Seniors to learn new program ideas.
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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 specific performance measures outlined in this Notice.

Depending on the beneficiaries your program will serve, you may refer to the National 

Performance Measures Instructions below. Although the Senior Demonstration Program is 

different from RSVP, FGP, and SCP, the structure of these performance measures is a useful 

guide.

• AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP Appendix B- National Performance Measures for nonstipend performance measures. 

• AmeriCorps Seniors FGP Appendix B- National Performance Measures for children 

mentoring stipend performance measures.

• AmeriCorps Seniors SCP Appendix B- National Performance Measures for senior 

companion stipend focus performance measures. 

Applicants must identify a Primary Focus Area. Work plans must include at least one service 

activity in the selected Primary Focus Area. The Primary Focus Area should represent the area 

in which the incumbent aims to make the most impact.

All proposed volunteers and the intended impact of their service must be represented in the 

narratives, in a Performance Measure and the budget. 

This funding opportunity requires applicants who are submitting a continuation or renewal 

application to demonstrate cost-effective practices in achieving performance goals through 

the services described in the proposed work plans within the requirements outlined below. 

For applicants who are submitting a new application, the application must also demonstrate 

cost-effective practices for achieving performance goals through the services described in 

the proposed work plans but may propose costs that exceed the parameters described 

below and will be evaluated based on cost-effectiveness as well as innovation. New 

applicants who propose a higher cost will be required to provide justification.

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 $9,000 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 greatest 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 $4.00 per 

hour).

A.4. Program Authority 

Awards under this Notice are authorized by 199N of the National and Community Service Act 

of 1990, as amended, (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.) and section 231 of the Domestic Volunteer 

Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.).

B. FEDERAL AWARD INFORMATION 

All AmeriCorps Seniors SDP renewal, continuation, and new applications please see 

applicable sections as noted.

B.1. Estimated Available Funds

The amount available for AmeriCorps Seniors SDP awards in FY 2023 will be based on final 

appropriations funding levels. Applicants are encouraged to seek non-federal sources of 

funding or provide justification for AmeriCorps funds. 

B.2. Period of Performance

For new applicants, AmeriCorps Seniors anticipates making three-year grant awards. 

AmeriCorps Seniors generally makes an initial award for the first year of the period of 

performance, based on a one-year budget. 

Continuation applications that are currently in year 2, may apply for year 3 of funding with a 

continuation application. Renewal applications may submit an application to continue 

funding, provided approved objectives have been reached.

Organizations that have current program awards that continue beyond FY 2022 must submit 

an application in order to be eligible to receive funding for the following year. If a 

continuation, or renewal application is not submitted by the due date, or if approval is not 

given for an extension, this will be an indication that the organization is no longer interested 

in receiving funding. Please see the Application Instructions and other appendices.

Continuation funding for years 2 and 3 is not guaranteed and may be dependent upon:

• Satisfactory performance that signals the grantee is on track to achieve its proposed 

performance measures at the end of the grant;

• Demonstrated capacity to manage the grant; and/or

• Compliance with grant requirements, including terms and conditions, criminal history 

checks, reporting and securing the required non-federal share.
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AmeriCorps Seniors reserves the right to adjust the amount of an award or elect not to 

continue funding.

B.3. 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. 

C. ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION

All AmeriCorps Seniors SDP new and continuation applications see Sections C.1. – C.3.

C.1. Eligible Applicants

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

apply: 

• Indian Tribes 

• Institutions of higher education 

• Local governments 

• Nonprofit organizations 

• States governments

State service commissions are also eligible to apply.

In addition to Indian Tribes as defined in 2 CFR 200.1, tribal organizations that are controlled, 

authorized, 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, and it does not meet any of the other eligibility categories identified 

above, the organization must provide copies 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 authorized by a federally recognized tribe, or multiple 

specific federally recognized tribes, it must submit a resolution or other authorization, 

adopted by the Tribal Council (or comparable tribal governing body) of each Indian Tribe. 

The authorization(s) must identify the entity applying for an AmeriCorps award by name as a 

tribal organization that is authorized by the Indian Tribe(s) for the purpose of applying for 

AmeriCorps funding (or federal grant funds generally).

Applicants must have a valid SAM registration and 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 Match

If any AmeriCorps funding is requested, applicants may be required to match funds for 

proposed projects through local, non-federal contributions. Current grantees will be 

contacted by their assigned Portfolio Manager who will provide cost-share or match 

requirements. New grantees will be contacted by either an AmeriCorps Seniors team 

member or Senior/Portfolio Manager who will provide cost-share or match requirements.
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The applicant’s match can be non-AmeriCorps cash and/or in-kind contributions. Applicants 

must indicate whether the match is proposed or secured. See Section D.6. Funding 

Restrictions for more information.

Existing grantees who receive $0 from AmeriCorps will not have a match requirement.

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 that a federal agency has considered for suspension or debarment 

and has determined 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.

D. Application and Submission Information

All AmeriCorps Seniors SDP new, recompete and continuation applications must provide 

requested information. Please read each section to determine what is required, depending 

on whether your application is new, continuation, or renewal.

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

regulations, AmeriCorps Seniors Grant Application Instructions, and the AmeriCorps

Seniors Performance Measures.

D.1. Address to Request an Application Package

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

Seniors webpages.

Applicants can also send an email to americorpsseniors@cns.gov for a printed copy of the 

Notice and Guidance.

D.2. Content and Form of Application Submission

D.2.a. Application Content 

Complete Continuation or Renewal 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.
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• Narrative Sections:

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

Executive Summaries must match the language templates as provided in the 

Notice. Executive Summaries of all compliant applications are made available 

to the public following grant awards. 

o Program Management: Inform of any changes or challenges to your program, 

otherwise enter N/A if there are no continuation changes. Leave previous 

information in this section. 

o Work plan(s)/Performance Measures: Update, if necessary, and make sure to 

leave the previous information there. 

o Cost-Effectiveness & Budget Adequacy: Update, if necessary, and make sure to 

leave the previous information there. 

o Other: Respond to questions specific to DEIA and retention. If other 

information is present, please leave it. 

• Standard Form 424A Budget 

• Performance Measures 

• Authorization, Assurances, and Certifications

For New applicants, please include the following elements:

• Standard Form 424 (SF-424) Face 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. 

Executive Summaries must match the language templates as provided in 

application instructions and the Notice. Executive Summaries of all compliant 

applications are made available to the public following grant awards. 

o Strengthening Communities 

o Recruitment and Development

o Program Management (Program Design) 

o Organizational Capability 

o Other 

o Cost-Effectiveness & Budget Adequacy

• Standard Form 424A Budget 

• Performance Measures 

• Authorization, Assurances, and Certifications

D.2.b. Page Limits

Renewal applications may not exceed 17 double-spaced pages as according to the pages 

printed out from eGrants. The application sections that count toward the page limit are the:

• SF-424 Face 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. 
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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) 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.

SAM registration must be renewed annually. AmeriCorps 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 SAM-registered legal name and physical address on all grant 

applications to AmeriCorps. The legal applicant’s name and physical address in 

eGrants must match exactly the applicant’s SAM-registered information.

Applications must include a valid Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), which is generated as 

part of the SAM registration process. AmeriCorps Seniors will not make awards to 

entities that do not have a valid SAM registration and Unique Entity Identifier. 

Applications must include an Employer Identification Number. The UEI and Employer 

Identification Number must be entered by the organization’s Grantee Administrator 

as an organization attribute, and this will apply the information to all applications for 

the organization.

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

AmeriCorps is ready to make a federal award, AmeriCorps may determine that the 

applicant is not qualified to receive an award and use that determination as a basis 

for making a federal award to another applicant.

D.4. Submission Dates and Times

D.4.a. Application Submission Deadline

Current AmeriCorps Seniors SDP Q3 Continuation or Renewal with an April 1st start date 

should apply no later than February 25, 2023, 5:00 pm Eastern Time. There are no 

guarantees for applications submitted past Feb. 25, 2023 will be awarded before April 1, 
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2023. The SDP Q4 Continuation or Renewal applications with a July 1 start date are due no 

later than March 9, 2023, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. New applications must meet the

deadline as communicated by AmeriCorps Staff.

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 published in this Notice of February 

25, 2023 (continuation and renewal with April 1st start date) or March 9, 2023 (continuation or 

renewal with July 1st start date) at 5:00 pm Eastern or new applications communicated by the 

Portfolio Manager 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 AmeriCorps 

Hotline

o any information provided to the applicant by the AmeriCorps Hotline

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 

AmeriCorpsSeniors@cns.gov no later than 24 hours after the application deadline as stated in 

the Notice.

For existing grantees (continuation or renewal) communication with AmeriCorps 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 AmeriCorps 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.
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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 may be subject to cost share or matching requirements. Please 

refer to C.2. above.

There are also limitations on the use of federal funds to recover indirect costs. As provided in 

2 CFR 200.306(c), unrecovered indirect costs may be included as part of an applicant’s cost 

sharing 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 Indian Tribes 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 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.

IndirectCostRate@cns.gov is the address applicants may use to obtain instructions and 

additional information.

D.6.c. Pre-Award Costs

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

Office of Grant Administration.

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 rebudgeted later if not fully spent depending on actual training activities.

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.
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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 also posted.

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 AmeriCorps Seniors/ FY 2023 AmeriCorps Seniors’ SDP Applications

250 E Street, SW, Suite 300

Washington, DC 20525

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:

Renewal (going into Year 1) applicants and New applicants regardless of funding 

level are required to submit an Operational and Financial Management Survey (OFMS). 

Please submit the OFMS in its electronic format using the link provided.

Tribal organization eligibility documentation, if applicable (See Section C.1 Eligible 

Applicants)

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

effect on the assessment of your application.

Additional documents must be emailed to AmeriCorpsSeniors@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 
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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

Please note below applicable sections for Continuation and Renewal applicants and for New 

applicants.

E.1. Application Sections

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

receiving the requested funds. 

E.1.a. Executive Summary 

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 

When submitting a Continuation or Renewal application, if there are changes you are 

proposing for FY23, please update the appropriate section(s) in eGrants. For example, if the 

information is no longer accurate due to project or sponsor organization changes, or if you 

are proposing changes to the number of VSYs or cost per volunteer, you must update your 

application in the following sections: Strengthening Communities and in the Recruitment and 

Development of volunteers. If there are no changes, enter N/A. For continuation applications, 

please leave any pre-populated information.

If you are submitting a New application, please provide the following information:

The Strengthening Communities narrative addresses:

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

contributions to existing efforts to address the stated problem. 

• For incumbent organizations, if the anticipated outcomes (performance measures) 

were not met in the previous three-year grant cycle and those same outcomes are

included in this application, include what actions will be taken to meet those 

outcomes under this new award.

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

inclusion, and accessibility are included AND activities the organization is engaged in 

related to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility are clearly identified. 

• The proposed plan to ensure the project engages a diverse and inclusive group of 

volunteers is clearly articulated. 

• The application clearly states how the project will serve members of the community 

through an equity lens. 

• The description of the community to be served includes demographic, income, and 

additional relevant information.

The section on Description of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA)

shall address (to be included in the Strengthening Communities Narrative):

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

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

diversity, equity and inclusion.

• 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.

E.1.c. Notice Priority (New Applicants):

• The applicant proposed program fits within one or more of the AmeriCorps Seniors 

funding priorities as outlined in the Funding Priorities section and Focus Area.

E.1.d. Work Plan(s)

Continuation and Renewal Applicants:

Information will copy from your previous awarded application into your continuation 

application. Work plans are designed to align with the three-year performance period. If you 

are making changes to your VSYs, then the work plans need to reflect the current number of 

volunteers and other changes to your service activities. Your performance measures must 16 

also be aligned with any changes made to your number of volunteers and service activities. If 

there are no changes, please do not make edits to the workplan.

New applicants must address the following: 

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

and are all 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

5. A clear connection between the service activities and how those activities

will actively engage in removing structural racial inequities, advance racial

equality, and increase opportunities to achieve sustainable change in

communities.

• 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.

E.1.e. Recruitment and Development of Volunteers 

New applicants must address the extent to which the proposed project demonstrates a plan 

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

management:

• 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:
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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 (New Applicants only):

Program Management

Reviewers will consider the extent to which the applicant demonstrates:

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

stations are in compliance 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.

Organizational Capability

• 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 

Terms and Conditions; 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 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. 

• The organization has sufficient policies, procedures, and controls in place to prevent, 

detect, and mitigate the risk of fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement, such as 

appropriate segregation of duties, internal oversight activities, measures to prevent 

timekeeping fraud, etc. 
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• The organization has an effective mechanism in place to report, without delay, any 

suspected criminal activity, waste, fraud, and/or abuse to both the AmeriCorps Office 

of Inspector General and AmeriCorps and a plan for training staff and participants on 

these reporting protocols.

E.1.g. Cost-Effectiveness and Budget Adequacy (New applicants only):

Describe in the proposal:

• Has a reasonable cost per volunteer in proposed work plan that leads to National 

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

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

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

E.1.h. Other - Evaluation Plan (New Applicants only)

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://americorps.gov/grantees-sponsors/evaluationresources

E.1.h. Other – Narrative (Continuation and Renewal applicants only): 

Provide responses to the following questions on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility 

(DEIA) and Recruitment in the “Other” section of eGrants. Do not revise previous DEIA and 

recruitment responses in other sections of the application. 

• Describe your organization’s DEIA goals and demonstrate what progress has been 

made toward achieving them?

• In what ways could your organization utilize training and technical assistance, and 

other resources related to DEIA? 

• Describe any challenges your organization is experiencing with recruitment and/or 

retention of volunteer. Include any relevant information with regard to influencing 

factors (e.g., Covid-19, inflation, stipend, school protocols), and how AmeriCorps can 

assist your project in meeting those challenges?

E.2. Continuation Applications

Continuation Funding Information and Requirements

Organizations that have current program awards that continue beyond FY 2022 must submit 

an application in order to be eligible to receive funding for the following year. If a 

continuation application is not submitted by the due date, or if approval is not given for an 

extension, this will be an indication that the organization is no longer interested in receiving 

funding. Please see the Application Instructions and other appendices. 
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To be approved for continuation funding, recipients must demonstrate satisfactory 

performance with respect to key program goals and requirements, as well as compliance 

with the terms and conditions of the grant. AmeriCorps reserves the right to award 

applications in an amount less than the requested level of funding and will document the 

rationale for doing so. Continuation applications must respond to the items noted below 

for executive summary, program design, work plan, DEIA, and budget. 

E. 3. Application Review

E.3.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 required additional documents

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.3.b. Application Review 

Internal Review

AmeriCorps 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. 

 

E.3.c. Applicant Clarification

AmeriCorps staff 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.3.d. Pre-Award Risk Assessment

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

an applicant’s ability to manage federal funds. This evaluation is in addition to those about

the applicant’s eligibility and the quality of its application based on the Selection Criteria. 

Results from this assessment will inform funding decisions. If AmeriCorps 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 and/or the issuance of the award 
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can be delayed until the issue has been resolved. Additionally, if AmeriCorps 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 assessing risks, AmeriCorps Staff may consider the following criteria: 

1. Due Diligence, including:

• Federal debt delinquency

• Suspension and debarment

• Information available through Office of Management and Budget (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

2. Operational and Financial Management, including:

• Financial stability

• Operational and Financial Management Survey (OFMS)

3. Past Performance, including: 

An applicant’s record in managing previous AmeriCorps 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

• Timely closeout of other awards

• Meeting matching requirements

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

awards

• National Service Criminal History check (NSCHC) compliance. See section F.2.d. 

National Criminal History Check Requirements and the NSCHC webpage for more 

information. 

4. Other Programmatic Risks, including:

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

• Amount of funding requested by the organization 
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E.3.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.3.f. Selection for Funding

The review and selection process are 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.

F. Federal Award Administration Information - All AmeriCorps Seniors SDP new, renewal,

and continuation applications see Sections F.1. – F.4.
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F.1. Federal Award Notices 

AmeriCorps Seniors will make awards contingent on the availability of congressional 

appropriations. 

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, unless approved for pre-award costs according to section D.6.c.

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 will request documentation from recipients in order to monitor the 

grantee and award to ensure compliance with legal requirements, including the Payment 

Integrity Information Act of 2019. 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 FY 2023 AmeriCorps General Terms 

and Conditions, and the AmeriCorps Seniors FY 2023 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 

Senior Demonstration Program Grantees | AmeriCorps, filter to Terms and Conditions.

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. We encourage grantees to 

minimize barriers to service without putting their program beneficiaries at genuine risk. 

• 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.

• AmeriCorps strongly encourages applicants to review the regulations and additional 

guidance to fully understand how to comply with the requirements.

• AmeriCorps also strongly encourages funded applicants to utilize the two 

AmeriCorps-approved vendors to conduct the required NSCHCs.

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

• 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.

An NSCHC consists of a check of the:
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1. National Sex Offender Public website through NSOPW.gov (nationwide check);

2. State criminal history record repository or agency-designated alternative for the 

individual's State of residence and State of service; and

3. Fingerprint-based check of the FBI criminal history record database through the State 

criminal history record repository or agency-approved vendor.

All checks must be conducted, reviewed, and an eligibility determination made before the 

individual begins work or service.

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. 

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

complete information and FAQs.

F.2.e. Official Guidance

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 

royalty-free, 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 that are due at specific times during the 

life cycle of an award. All reports must be accurate, complete, and submitted on time.

Recipients are required to provide PPR annual and semi-annual financial and narrative 

progress 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, a grantee 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. 
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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 in place data collection and 

data management policies, processes, and practices that provide 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):

• data measures what it intends to measure

• data reported is complete

• grantee collects data in a consistent manner

• grantee takes steps to correct data errors

• grantee 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

This information pertains to all AmeriCorps Seniors SDP new, renewal, and continuation 

applications.

For more information, call or email the assigned Regional Office. 

For technical questions and problems with the eGrants system, call the AmeriCorps Hotline at 

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

https://questions.americorps.gov/app/ask. 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

This information pertains to all AmeriCorps Seniors SDP new, renewal, and continuation 

applications.

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 these sessions. 

I. IMPORTANT NOTICES

This information pertains to all AmeriCorps Seniors SDP new, renewal, and continuation 

applications.

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 
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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 collection is approved 

under OMB Control Number 3045-0035, Senior Corps Grant Application, expiration date:

11/30/2024.

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.