---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 34.3"
title: "28"
number: "34.3"
heading: "Selection criteria."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/34.3"
---

# §34.3. Selection criteria.

- (a) All individual project applications will, at a minimum, be subject to review based on the extent to which they meet the following general selection criteria:
  - (1) The problem to be addressed by the project is clearly stated;
  - (2) The objectives of the proposed project are clearly defined;
  - (3) The project design is sound and contains program elements directly linked to the achievement of project objectives;
  - (4) The project management structure is adequate to the successful conduct of the project;
  - (5) Organizational capability is demonstrated at a level sufficient to successfully support the project; and
  - (6) Budgeted costs are reasonable, allowable and cost effective for the activities proposed to be undertaken.
- (b) The general selection criteria set forth under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, may be supplemented for each announced competitive program by program-specific selection criteria for the particular part C program. Such announcements may also modify the general selection criteria to provide greater specificity or otherwise improve their applicability to a given program. The relative weight (point value) for each selection criterion will be specified in the program announcement.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended, (42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq. ).

### Source

Source: 55 FR 39234, Sept. 25, 1990, unless otherwise noted.