Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024
A. The following review, rating and selection
process will be used by the division for presentation to the council:
(1) Upon receipt of grant and distribution
program applications, division staff shall review for eligibility, completeness
and compliance. Additional information may be required and requested. The
division may, in its discretion, consult appropriate experts for information
and advice concerning technical aspects of any application.
(2) Division staff shall make recommendations
to the council on the eligibility of distribution program applications
considering compliance with these regulations and the act.
(3) Division staff shall rate grant program
applications and present recommendations to the council based on the extent to
which applicants meet program rating criteria.
B. Applications will be rated on the
following criteria:
(1) quality of statistical
analysis of local data identifying gaps and needs;
(2) quality of discussion around the focus of
the project, reason for selection of components and brief descriptions of each
component;
(3) demonstrated
reasonableness and justified costs appropriate to the proposed activities of
component budgets (quantifies costs with a best estimate of units, activities,
clients, etc.);
(4) measures of
past performance;
(5) community
participation, collaboration and planning - extent to which the local DWI
planning council, solicited participation from municipal, tribal and pueblo
representatives, extent of involvement by such parties in developing the
application, and how the applicant provides continuing opportunities for public
participation in the planned implementation and evaluation of the program's
efforts;
(6) extent to which there
is proposed leveraging of in-kind match, cash match, self-sufficiency or other
funding sources; and
(7) extent to
which the proposal is for new, innovative or model programs, services or
activities.
C. The
council will review division staff ratings and recommendations, and will make
grant program funding decisions and distribution program approvals in an open
public meeting held in accordance with the Open Meetings Act. The council may,
in its sole discretion, approve all, part or none of an application, and may
adjust the scope and dollar amounts of grant program applications. The council
will make its grant program funding and distribution program approval
determinations by a majority vote of the full council.
