---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 2517.500"
title: "45"
number: "2517.500"
heading: "How is an application reviewed?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/2517.500"
---

# §2517.500. How is an application reviewed?


In reviewing an application for a grant or a subgrant, the Corporation, a State Commission, or a grantmaking entity will apply the following criteria: (a) The quality of the program proposed.

- (b) **The innovation of, and feasibility of replicating, the program.**
- (c) **The sustainability of the program, based on—**
  - (1) Strong and broad-based community support;
  - (2) Multiple funding sources or private funding; and
  - (3) Coordination with the State Plan under [§ 2550.80(a)](/cfr/45/2550.80.md?p=a) of this chapter and other federally-assisted activities.
- (d) The quality of the leadership of the program, past performance of the program, and the extent to which the program builds on existing programs.
- (e) **The applicant's efforts—**
  - (1) To recruit participants from among residents of the communities in which projects would be conducted;
  - (2) To ensure that the projects are open to participants of different ages, races, genders, ethnicities, abilities and disabilities, and economic backgrounds; and
  - (3) To involve participants and community residents in the design, leadership, and operation of the program.
- (f) **The extent to which projects would be located in areas that are—**
  - (1) Empowerment zones, redevelopment areas, or other areas with high concentrations of low-income people; or
  - (2) **Environmentally distressed.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[59 FR 13790, Mar. 23, 1994, as amended at 73 FR 53759, Sept. 17, 2008]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 12541-12547.

### Source

Source: 59 FR 13790, Mar. 23, 1994, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[59 FR 13790, Mar. 23, 1994, as amended at 73 FR 53759, Sept. 17, 2008]