diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MIT License
 
-Copyright (c) 2020 - 2025 Gates Foundation
+Copyright (c) 2010-2026 Gates Foundation
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index aa815e5..aeb2fda 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,9 +1,23 @@
 # emod-api
 
+**emod-api** is a set of Python tools for working with EMOD configuration, campaign, and output files.
+
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+## Project status
+
+EMOD-Hub projects are provided as open source software under the MIT License for
+community use, research, and development.
+
+**Unless otherwise noted, these projects are no longer actively maintained or supported
+by IDM or the Gates Foundation.**
+
+Community contributions are welcome, and trusted collaborators may review and
+merge pull requests, but no guarantees are made regarding support, pull request
+review, security response, maintenance, or release timelines.
+
 ## Python Version
 
 Python 3.13 is the recommended and supported version.
@@ -61,13 +75,23 @@ Output
 
 Please see the documentation for [testing](/tests/README.md).
 
-## Community and Contributions
+## Community
+
+Have a question or a comment? Check out our
+[Discussions](https://github.com/orgs/EMOD-Hub/discussions) space.
+
+## Contributing
 
-- Have a question or a comment? Check out our [Discussions](https://github.com/EMOD-Hub/issues-and-discussions) space.
-- Want to file an issue or request a feature? Please go [here](https://github.com/EMOD-Hub/issues-and-discussions).
+If you have feature requests, issues, or new code, please see our
+[CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/EMOD-Hub/.github/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md)
+page for how to provide your feedback.
 
 ## Disclaimer
 
-The code in this repository was developed by IDM and other collaborators to support our joint research on flexible agent-based modeling.
-We've made it publicly available under the MIT License to provide others with a better understanding of our research and an opportunity to build upon it for their own work. We make no representations that the code works as intended or that we will provide support, address issues that are found, or accept pull requests.
-You are welcome to create your own fork and modify the code to suit your own modeling needs as permitted under the MIT License.
+The code in this repository was developed by IDM and other collaborators to support our
+joint research on flexible agent-based modeling. We've made it publicly available under
+the MIT License to provide others with a better understanding of our research and an
+opportunity to build upon it for their own work. We make no representations that the code
+works as intended or that we will provide support, address issues that are found, or accept
+pull requests. You are welcome to create your own fork and modify the code to suit your own
+modeling needs as permitted under the MIT License.