This award approves the 2026-29 SDP program. Your 2026?29 statutory match is 0%, and your budgetary match is 0%.

The Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management awarded $550,000 to the Tolowa Dee-Ni Nation on July 1, 2026, under the AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Demonstration Program (CFDA 94.017). The award supports a 2026–29 Senior Demonstration Program with zero statutory and budgetary match requirements and runs through June 30, 2029.

The Senior Demonstration Program authorizes investment in innovative projects that deploy older American volunteers to address new objectives or national priorities, allowing grantees flexibility to develop creative programming outside traditional AmeriCorps Seniors' program models. The Tolowa Dee-Ni Nation, a federally recognized tribe headquartered in Smith River, California, will deliver services across its service area in Northern California and Southern Oregon.

This is a project grant, assistance type. The Corporation for National and Community Service awards grants for the Senior Demonstration Program through special funding opportunities; applicants propose new ways to deploy older adults in service aligned with the opportunity's objectives. Grant recipients must maintain all financial and program records, including receipts, disbursements, vouchers, time cards, contracts, and personnel records, for three years from final Federal Financial Report submission. AmeriCorps conducts audit through internal employees, the Inspector General, the Government Accountability Office, and contracted auditors.