---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 2522.420"
title: "45"
number: "2522.420"
heading: "What basic criteria does AmeriCorps use in making funding decisions?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/2522.420"
---

# §2522.420. What basic criteria does AmeriCorps use in making funding decisions?


In evaluating your application for funding, AmeriCorps will assess:

- (a) Your program design;
- (b) Your organizational capability; and
- (c) **Your program's cost-effectiveness and budget adequacy.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[70 FR 39600, July 8, 2005]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 12571-12595; 12651b-12651d; E.O. 13331, 69 FR 9911, Sec. 1612, Pub. L. 111-13.

### Source

Source: 59 FR 13796, Mar. 23, 1994, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[70 FR 39600, July 8, 2005]
