Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 20 - Marketing › Part 14 - Rules and Regulations Governing the Administration of the Local Agriculture and Seafood Small Grants and Technical Program (250-RICR-40-20-14) › Section 250-RICR-40-20-14.6 - Allocation of Funds and Other Resources

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The Committee
				  shall annually recommend to the Director an allocation of funds and other
				  resources available to the Program to accomplish the purposes of the Fund. The
				  allocation of funds and other resources recommended by the Committee shall
				  include such project categories and such timetables for applications,
				  application evaluations, and awards as the Committee deems necessary to
				  implement the proposed allocation.
B. The Committee may recommend minimum and
				  maximum amounts of funding to be awarded to an applicant or project within any
				  funding period or for any project category. The Committee shall take into
				  account, in making its recommendations to the Director, the availability or
				  potential availability of support from matching support organizations.
C. Amending allocations. Except
				  during periods when applications are being made to the Committee, the Committee
				  may recommend to the Director changes in the amount of allocations to purposes
				  of the Fund and/or project categories in order to achieve optimum use of the
				  funds and other available resources. The recommendation to the Director of a
				  change in allocation shall include a statement justifying the recommended
				  change.
D. Project
				  categories-eligible applicants. The project categories included in the
				  allocation recommended by the Committee to the Director shall include a list of
				  categories of eligible applicants for each category; for the small grants
				  program the categories of eligible applicants shall be consistent with the
				  requirements of §
										14.5(B) of
				  this Part.
E. Evaluation criteria.
				  The allocation recommended by the Committee to the Director shall contain
				  objective evaluation criteria and weighting of the criteria for ranking
				  proposed projects within each project category. The evaluation criteria may
				  include, but not be limited to, matters such as the relevance of the proposed
				  project to the purposes of the Fund, the cost effectiveness of the proposed
				  project, the timetable for completion of the project, and the experience and
				  capabilities of the entities and persons proposing to undertake the
				  project.
F. Minimum criteria for
				  small grant programs applications. The evaluation criteria for applications for
				  funds from the small grants program shall include the following matters, as
				  required by R.I. Gen. Laws §
										2-25-7(a), in
				  applications:
1. A brief summary of the
				  nonprofit entity or small or beginning farmer's mission, goals, history,
				  programs, and major accomplishments, success stories and qualifications as
				  mandated by R.I. Gen. Laws §
											2-25-7, including eligibility for
				  funding;
2. A brief description of
				  the proposed project or program, the capacity to carry out the program and who
				  will benefit from the program;
3.
				  A description of the expected outcomes and the indicators of those outcomes;
4. A timeline to be used in the
				  implementation of the program or project; and,
5. A program or project budget.