CED Application Reviewer Training Module 2: Objectives and Need for Assistance June 2012

CED Application Reviewer Training

Module 2: Objectives and Need for Assistance

June 2012


Module Outline

Module 2includes:– The basis for scoring the Objectives and Need for

Assistance criterion– Guidance on evaluating the Objectives and Need for

Assistance criterion– Direction on how to score this criterion– Quiz questions to gauge what you’ve learned


Objectives and Need for Assistance

Basis for scoring: Extent to which project’s goals and location are aligned with the program’s intent, and the extent to which the application establishes a clear need for the project to achieve these goals.– 5 points possible– Discussed on p. 39 of FOA



Section FOA Evaluation Criteria Criterion is Fully Met if the Application…

1

Project's goals and objectives for business development, job creation, and contributing to community revitalization align with the goals and objectives of the CED program.

– States the number of businesses to be created or expanded and/or number of positions to be created

– Shows project’s activities and uses of funds adhere to program guidelines

– Explains how project will directly or indirectly support community revitalization




2

Project is needed to create or expand businesses and create new positions.

– Discusses lack of jobs in the area that low-income people can get or keep; AND/OR

– Discusses lack of efforts in the area to support business creation by low-income people; AND

– Explains that barriers to self-sufficiency are insufficiently addressed by other organizations/projects in the area




3

Project can help address personal and community barriers that prevent low-income individuals from successfully obtaining and holding jobs, or creating successful businesses in the community to be served.

– Demonstrates that the project seeks to directly address one or more personal and community barriers related to low-income people getting/keeping a job; OR

– Demonstrates that the project seeks to directly address one or more personal and community barriers related to low-income people creating a successful business in the service area




4

Project will meet the program's objectives by serving low-income individuals through the creation of employment and business opportunities within the project’s service area.

– Clearly identifies the location of businesses to be created / expanded, and all are located within the project’s service area; AND

– Explicitly includes measures designed to ensure that all jobs created will be located within the project’s service area




5

Both the unemployment rate and the poverty rate within the project's service area are equal to or greater than the state or national level.

– MUST SHOW: Shows that the unemployment rate and poverty rate in the project's service area is greater than or equal to the state or national level (service area boundaries should match the state or national boundaries and statistics should be from published sources within the last 5 years)



Narrative question: Overall, are the project’s goals and location aligned with the program’s intent with regard to low-income individuals, including efforts to address community and personal barriers? Overall, does the application present a clear need for the project to achieve these goals?



Points Available:

Scoring Guidelines: – 0 points = No goals addressed or are unrelated/

incompatible with CED goals– 3 points = Only some goals directly addressed, or some

addressed unconvincingly– 5 points = All programmatic goals addressed, match well

with CED goals

Minimum

0Maximum

5


Module 2 Wrap-up

You have learned…– The basis for scoring the Objectives and Need for

Assistance criterion– How to evaluate the Objectives and Need for Assistance

criterion– How to score the Objectives and Need for Assistance

criterion What’s next?– Self-review quiz for Module 2– Module 3: Business Plan


Self-Review Quiz

1. What is basis for scoring the Objectives and Need for Assistance portion of the Application?a) Extent to which project’s goals and location are aligned

with the program’s intent b) Extent to which the application establishes a clear need

for the project to achieve its goalsc) Extent to which the project will eliminate food desertsd) A and Be) All of the above


Self-Review Quiz

1. What is basis for scoring the Objectives and Need for Assistance portion of the Application?a) Extent to which project’s goals and location are aligned

with the program’s intent b) Extent to which the application establishes a clear need

for the project to achieve its goalsc) Extent to which the project will eliminate food desertsd) A and Be) All of the above


Self-Review Quiz

2. The application must show that the proposed project’s service area has a high incidence of what?a) Low-income individuals and povertyb) Unemployment and povertyc) Poverty and participation in food assistance programsd) Unemployment and participation in food assistance

programs


Self-Review Quiz

2. The application must show that the proposed project’s service area has a high incidence of what?a) Low-income individuals and povertyb) Unemployment and povertyc) Poverty and participation in food assistance programsd) Unemployment and participation in food assistance

programs

Documents

CED Application Reviewer Training Module 2: Objectives and Need for Assistance June 2012