Application Review

The following factors will be considered in the selection process:

• Nature of the project
• Job creation projections
• Long-term improvements in economic development
• Diversifying the rural economy or alleviating under-employment
• Supplemental funds
• Economic conditions and job creation
• Unemployment rates
• Per capita personal income
• Change in population
• Number of long-term jobs
• Community-based economic development program
• Plan for improving the marketable skills of people in rural areas
• Location (rural)
• Support for the program funds deposited in the cushion-of-credit account
• Demonstration project
• Probability of success
• Special economic status

Other Considerations:

• Environment requirements
• Equal opportunity and nondiscrimination
• Architectural Barriers Act of 1968
• Flood hazard area precautions
• Real property acquisition and relocation
• Debarment and suspension
• Drug-free workplace (grant only)
• Restrictions on lobbying