SELECTION CRITERIA

The agency shall take the following criteria into consideration when determining whether an application and applicant will be selected for a grant under the program: A. the need for the project as documented by the applicant; B. the geographic area to be served, to the extent that a distribution of grant funds throughout the state can be achieved; C. the extent to which the project will expand the applicant's ability to provide affordable housing and housing-related services; D. the extent to which grant funds are combined with other sources of funding, particularly funds from local resources; E. the amount of the grant request as a proportion of the total amount of grant funds available, to the extent that funds can be used to support several different projects; F. the ability of the applicant to proceed expeditiously with the project; G. the prior experience of the applicant in providing housing and housing-related services to low-income people; and H. the extent to which the organization has low-income persons in its membership.