CED Application Reviewer Training Module 7: Bonus Points June 2012

CED Application Reviewer Training

Module 7: Bonus PointsJune 2012


Module Outline

Module 7 includes:– The basis for scoring the Bonus Points criteria– Guidance on evaluating each Bonus Points criterion

• Elimination of a Food Desert• Collaborating with Other HFFI Agencies and Programs• States and Trust Territories Without Active Projects

– Direction on how to score these criteria– Quiz questions to gauge what you’ve learned

7.1: ELIMINATION OF A FOOD DESERT



Bonus Points – Elimination of a Food Desert

Basis for scoring: The extent to which the proposed project addresses the lack of access to healthy, nutritious food options; identifies the community as a food desert; and demonstrates how the project will address a food desert need (i.e. greater community access to fresh, affordable, nutritious food; improved food infrastructure to facilitate access; enhanced supply chain; etc.)– 10 points possible– Discussed on p. 45 of FOA



Section FOA Evaluation Criteria Criterion is Fully Met if the Application…

1

Proposed project addresses the lack of access to healthy, nutritious food options; identifies the community as a food; and demonstrates how the project will address a food desert need.

– Illustrates lack of access to healthy food options

– Indicates patterns of non-healthy food consumption

– Indicates poor health of community residents (e.g. obesity, type 2 diabetes, etc.)

– Demonstrates a high concentration of persons participating in food assistance programs (SNAP, WIC, school lunch programs)




1(cont)

Proposed project addresses the lack of access to healthy, nutritious food options; identifies the community as a food desert; and demonstrates how the project will address a food desert need.

– Demonstrates other indications of need for a CED-HFFI funded project intervention



Narrative question: Does the application show that the project will serve a food desert community that could benefit from a CED-HFFI funded project?



Points Available:

Scoring Guidelines: – 0 points = Application demonstrates that the project will

not serve a food desert community– 5 points = Application demonstrates that the project may

serve food a desert community– 10 points = Application demonstrates that the project will

serve food a desert community

Minimum

0Maximum

10

7.2: COLLABORATING WITH OTHER HFFI AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS



Bonus Points – Collaborating with Other HFFI Agencies and

Programs Basis for scoring: The extent to which the application

demonstrates evidence that the proposed healthy food access project is either: benefitting directly from funding focused on healthy food access from specified Federal programs; or collaborating with a project that is benefitting directly from funding focused on healthy food access from specified Federal programs.– 5 points possible– Discussed on p. 45 – 46 of FOA



ProgramsSection FOA Evaluation Criteria Criterion is Fully Met if the

Application…

1

Project is directly benefitting from or collaborating with other programs or funding streams identified as participating in the HFFI and certain additional Federal programs.

Includes evidence of directly benefitting from or collaborating with other HFFI participating programs or other federal programs listed in the FOA

— Community Development Financial Institutions program

— New Markets Tax Credit program— Business and Industry Loan

Guarantee program




Application…

1(cont)


— Intermediary Relending program— Community Facilities program— Rural Business Enterprise Grant

program— Rural Business Opportunities Grant

program— Farmers Market Promotion

program— Community Food Projects program




Application…

1(cont)


Evidence may be either a copy of an award document from the awarding agency if the applicant is the awardee or a signed letter from a partner organization that is the awardee stating how the award will be used to collaborate with the CED applicant's proposed healthy food access project



Programs Narrative question: Does the application show that

the project benefits directly from or is collaborating with other HFFI programs or other federal programs listed in the FOA?



Programs Points Available:

Scoring Guidelines: – 0 points = The proposed project does not directly benefit

from or involve collaboration with other HFFI funding streams

– 5 points = The proposed project will directly benefit from or involve collaboration with other HFFI funding streams or qualifying programs

– Please note: The full range of points cannot be used to score this criterion.

Minimum

0Maximum

5

7.3: STATES AND TRUST TERRITORIES WITHOUT ACTIVE GRANTS



Bonus Points – States and Trust Territories Without Active Grants

Basis for scoring: Whether the proposed project will be located in one of the States or Trust Territories that do not have active CED projects.– 5 points possible– Discussed on p. 46 of FOA




1

Proposed project will be located in a State or Trust Territory that does not have active CED grant

– The application shows that any part of the proposed project is located in one of the specified areas



States and Trust Territories Without Active Grants

Alaska Kansas U.S. Virgin Islands

American Samoa Mississippi Utah

Colorado Nevada Vermont

Connecticut New Hampshire West Virginia

Delaware Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Wyoming

Idaho Oregon

Island of Guam Puerto Rico



Narrative question: Does the application show that the project will be in one of the locations without any active CED grants?


Points Available:

Scoring Guidelines: – 0 points = Proposed project will not be located in a state or

territory without an active grant– 5 points = Proposed project will be located in a state or

territory without an active grant– Please note: The full range of points cannot be used to

score this criterion.

Minimum

0Maximum

5



Module 7 Wrap-up

What you’ve learned…– The basis for scoring the Bonus Points criteria– Guidance on evaluating each Bonus Points criterion– Direction on how to score these criteria

What’s next?– Self-review quiz for Module 7


Self-Review Quiz

1. A project proposing to collaborate with which of the following programs would not be eligible for HFFI collaboration bonus points?a) New Markets Tax Credit programb) Business and Industry Loan Guarantee programc) Assets for Independence programd) Rural Business Opportunities Grant program


Self-Review Quiz

1. A project proposing to collaborate with which of the following programs would not be eligible for HFFI collaboration bonus points?a) New Markets Tax Credit programb) Business and Industry Loan Guarantee programc) Assets for Independence programd) Rural Business Opportunities Grant program


Self-Review Quiz

2. Which of the following can be provided to illustrate that the community served by the proposed project is in a food desert?a) Lack of access to healthy food optionsb) Patterns of non-healthy food consumptionc) Poor health of community residentsd) All of the above


Self-Review Quiz

2. Which of the following can be provided to illustrate that the community served by the proposed project is in a food desert?a) Lack of access to healthy food optionsb) Patterns of non-healthy food consumptionc) Poor health of community residentsd) All of the above


Congratulations!

You have successfully completed the CED application reviewer training modules!

We thank you for your time and energy and look forward to working with you throughout the review.

Documents

CED Application Reviewer Training Module 7: Bonus Points June 2012