California Code of Regulations › Title 25 - Housing and Community Development › Division 1 - Housing and Community Development › Chapter 7 - Department of Housing and Community Development Programs › Subchapter 2 - State Community Development Block Grant Program › Article 2 - Application Process › Section 7078 - Evaluation Criteria

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
					 Except for ED OTC activities, individual activity types will be evaluated
					 against other activities of the same type. Where demand for a particular
					 activity exceeds the amount of funds available, the applications for that
					 activity shall be rated and ranked according to the rating criteria set forth
					 in this Section. Activities will be funded in rank order, with the highest
					 rated activities within each activity type funded first until all funds
					 allocated for that activity, pursuant to Section 7076, have been
					 awarded
(b) Applications may be
					 submitted for Planning and Technical Assistance as the sole activity or in
					 combination with other eligible activities. Applications submitted for Planning
					 and Technical Assistance in combination with other eligible activities shall be
					 eligible for funding only if at least one eligible activity is funded. The
					 amount of funds available for Planning and Technical Assistance, as announced
					 in the NOFA, shall be allocated between sole PTA applications and PTA
					 applications submitted in combination with other eligible activities based on
					 the relative amount requested. Applications will be ranked, if needed, per
					 Section 7078(d)(7) to resolve a tie-breaker
(c) In the event there are insufficient funds
					 to fund an applicant's whole activity, the applicant may be offered the amount
					 of funds available, provided it is sufficient to complete the
					 activity.
(d) Applications for each
					 eligible activity shall be evaluated on one or more of the following criteria:
(1) Homeownership Assistance (HA) and Housing
					 Rehabilitation (HR)
(A) NEED and BENEFIT:
Up to 400
								points
The Department will assign points based on the
						seriousness of the locality's community development needs, and the impact the
						program will have on those needs using the following criteria:
1. Need: (250 out of 400
								points)
i. Overcrowding (both HA and
								HR)
125
ii. Home Ownership Rate (HA) or
iii. Age of Housing Stock
								(HR
125
2. Benefit (150 out of 400
								points)
i. Low-Mod Percentage
100
ii. Poverty Percentage
50
(B) READINESS:
Up to 300
								points
Readiness of the proposed activity as demonstrated by an
						activity implementation plan, local government approvals, design progress, and
						sufficient funding to complete the project as applicable. Readiness points will
						be based on:
1. Activity Specific Operator
								Experience
Up to 150
2. Program Guidelines
100
3. Waiting List of Pre-Screened
								Applicants
50
(C) CAPACITY:
Up to 200
								points
Capacity to implement the proposed activity, as
						demonstrated by performance, including timeliness of clearance of Special
						Conditions, reporting and cooperation in clearing audit and monitoring
						findings.
Capacity points based on:
1. Timely Clearance of Special
								Conditions
60
2. In-House Organizational Capacity for
								General Administration and Program Oversight
40
3. Reporting Points (point deductions for
								missing reports)
70
4. Cooperation/Compliance in Clearing
								Audit or Monitoring Findings
30
(D) STATE OBJECTIVES:
Up to 100
								points
1. The
					 Department may award an application up to 100 points for addressing one or more
					 state objectives as identified in the annual CDBG NOFA.
2. Department selection of state objectives
					 shall be based on one or more of the following:
i. Emergent circumstances such as natural
					 disaster or economic dislocation.
ii. Imbalance among the types of activities
					 funded in prior years' awards such as housing rehabilitation programs compared
					 to public infrastructure projects.
iii. Imbalance in the geographic distribution
					 of funds in prior years' awards.
iv. Imbalance in the population served in
					 prior years' awards such as smaller jurisdictions compared to larger
					 jurisdictions, general program beneficiaries compared to special needs groups
					 such as farm workers, under-trained work force, or historically unsuccessful or
					 inactive applicants compared to active, successful applicants.
v. Federal funding priorities as publicly
					 announced by HUD.
vi. Housing and
					 community development needs or objectives identified in the annual Consolidated
					 Plan required by HUD.