Or. Admin. Code § 944-020-0010 - Grant Application Review Criteria

(1) The Authority's grant review panel will review and evaluate each grant application based on the following criteria:

(a) If the grantee has previously received DTRSF funding, the effectiveness of services provided.

(b) The demonstrated commitment of the applicant to providing culturally and linguistically responsive or specific services;

(c) The demonstrated commitment of the applicant to serve communities most impacted by the war on drugs;

(d) The demonstrated commitment to work with other funded organizations proposing to comprise a BHRN in a county;

(e) The demonstrated commitment to financial soundness and administrative capacity to fulfill grant requirements, as demonstrated by two-years of financial information;

(f) Feasibility and alignment of the statement of work with ORS 430.383 and OAR 944, Division 10;

(g) Clarity of proposed project plan, including but not limited to, number of staff and reasonableness of staff salaries;

(h) Number of proposed individuals to be served is proportionate to the funding request;

(i) Clarity and specificity of the budget and budget narrative; and

(j) Whether grantee adhered to all directions in the application, including but not limited to, following word count, submitting all required materials, using all required templates and forms, and meeting all prescribed deadlines.

(2) Each reviewer must complete an evaluation sheet for each applicant that results in a numeric score.

(3) A grant application that does not receive a minimum score must not be considered further and the applicant must be notified in writing and can appeal that decision in accordance with OAR 944-020-0030.

(4) Once all the applications have been evaluated and scored the review panel may meet, as many times as is necessary, and must provide final funding recommendations to the Oversight and Accountability Council. The review panel must, to the greatest extent practicable, recommend at least one applicant in each service area, in each county.

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Or. Admin. Code § 944-020-0010

DTRS 2-2024, temporary adopt filed 05/30/2024, effective 6/1/2024 through 11/27/2024; DTRS 4-2024, adopt filed 10/22/2024, effective 11/1/2024

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 430.389(2)(a), 430.390 & 413.042

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 430.389(2)(a) & 430.390