CED Application Reviewer Training Module 7: Bonus Points June 2012

CED Application Reviewer Training 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 CED Application Reviewer Training

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

CED Application Reviewer Training Bonus Points – Elimination of a Food Desert 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)

CED Application Reviewer Training Bonus Points – Elimination of a Food Desert Section FOA Evaluation Criteria Criterion is Fully Met if the Application… 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

CED Application Reviewer Training Bonus Points – Elimination of a Food Desert  Narrative question: Does the application show that the project will serve a food desert community that could benefit from a CED-HFFI funded project?

CED Application Reviewer Training Bonus Points – Elimination of a Food Desert  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 0 Maximum 10

7.2: COLLABORATING WITH OTHER HFFI AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS CED Application Reviewer Training

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

CED Application Reviewer Training Bonus Points – Collaborating with Other HFFI Agencies and Programs Section 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

CED Application Reviewer Training Bonus Points – Collaborating with Other HFFI Agencies and Programs Section FOA Evaluation Criteria Criterion is Fully Met if the Application… 1(cont) Project is directly benefitting from or collaborating with other programs or funding streams identified as participating in the HFFI and certain additional Federal programs. —Intermediary Relending program —Community Facilities program — Rural Business Enterprise Grant program —Rural Business Opportunities Grant program — Farmers Market Promotion program —Community Food Projects program

CED Application Reviewer Training Bonus Points – Collaborating with Other HFFI Agencies and Programs Section FOA Evaluation Criteria Criterion is Fully Met if the Application… 1(cont) Project is directly benefitting from or collaborating with other programs or funding streams identified as participating in the HFFI and certain additional Federal programs.  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

CED Application Reviewer Training Bonus Points – Collaborating with Other HFFI Agencies and 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?

CED Application Reviewer Training Bonus Points – Collaborating with Other HFFI Agencies and 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 0 Maximum 5

7.3: STATES AND TRUST TERRITORIES WITHOUT ACTIVE GRANTS CED Application Reviewer Training

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

CED Application Reviewer Training Bonus Points – States and Trust Territories Without Active Grants Section FOA Evaluation Criteria Criterion is Fully Met if the Application… 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

CED Application Reviewer Training Bonus Points – States and Trust Territories Without Active Grants States and Trust Territories Without Active Grants Alaska KansasU.S. Virgin Islands American Samoa Mississippi Utah ColoradoNevadaVermont ConnecticutNew Hampshire West Virginia DelawareNorthern Mariana Islands (CNMI)Wyoming IdahoOregon Island of GuamPuerto Rico

CED Application Reviewer Training Bonus Points – States and Trust Territories Without Active Grants  Narrative question: Does the application show that the project will be in one of the locations without any active CED grants?

CED Application Reviewer Training  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 0 Maximum 5 Bonus Points – States and Trust Territories Without Active Grants

CED Application Reviewer Training 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

CED Application Reviewer Training 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 program b)Business and Industry Loan Guarantee program c)Assets for Independence program d)Rural Business Opportunities Grant program

CED Application Reviewer Training 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 program b)Business and Industry Loan Guarantee program c)Assets for Independence program d)Rural Business Opportunities Grant program

CED Application Reviewer Training 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 options b)Patterns of non-healthy food consumption c)Poor health of community residents d)All of the above

CED Application Reviewer Training 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 options b)Patterns of non-healthy food consumption c)Poor health of community residents d)All of the above

CED Application Reviewer Training 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.