---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 51b.205"
title: "42"
number: "51b.205"
heading: "How will grant applications be evaluated and the grants awarded?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/51b.205"
---

# §51b.205. How will grant applications be evaluated and the grants awarded?

- (a) Within the limits of funds available, the Secretary may award a grant to assist in meeting part of the cost of a childhood immunization program. Grants will be awarded to those applicants whose projects he determines will best promote the purposes of [section 317](/cfr/42/317.md) of the Act. Before awarding a grant to a local public entity of a State, the Secretary will consult with the State health authority.
- (b) Priorities for funding will be based on the following factors:
  - (1) The relative extent of the problems which are caused by one or more of the vaccine preventable diseases in the area served by the applicant.
  - (2) **The extent to which the proposed program is designed to eliminate or reduce the problems.**
  - (3) The extent to which the proposed program will increase the immunization rates in population groups identified as having the lowest immunity levels.
  - (4) The extent to which the grantee will cooperate with and use public and nonprofit private entities and volunteers.
  - (5) The extent to which a strong commitment to the objectives of the program is reflected in the commitment of grantee resources to the program.

## Notes

### Amendments

[44 FR 40501, July 11, 1979, as amended at 48 FR 4475, Feb. 1, 1983]

### Source

Source: 44 FR 40501, July 11, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 317 and 318, Public Health Service Act, 92 Stat. 3574 and 3582 (42 U.S.C. 247b, 247c); sec. 1743 Pub. L. 97-35, 95 Stat. 763 (31 U.S.C. 1243 note).

### Amendments

[44 FR 40501, July 11, 1979, as amended at 48 FR 4475, Feb. 1, 1983]