CED Application Reviewer Training

1. CED Application Reviewer Training Module 7: Bonus Points June 2012

2. Module Outline • Module 7 includes: • The basis for scoring the Bonus Points criteria • Guidance on evaluating each Bonus Points criterion • Elimination of a Food Desert • Collaborating with Other HFFI Agencies and Programs • States and Trust Territories Without Active Projects • Direction on how to score these criteria • Quiz questions to gauge what you’ve learned

3. CED Application Reviewer Training 7.1: Elimination of a Food Desert

4. Bonus Points – Elimination of a Food Desert • Basis for scoring: The extent to which the proposed project addresses the lack of access to healthy, nutritious food options; identifies the community as a food desert; and demonstrates how the project will address a food desert need (i.e. greater community access to fresh, affordable, nutritious food; improved food infrastructure to facilitate access; enhanced supply chain; etc.) • 10 points possible • Discussed on p. 45 of FOA

5. Bonus Points – Elimination of a Food Desert

6. Bonus Points – Elimination of a Food Desert

7. Bonus Points – Elimination of a Food Desert • Narrative question: Does the application show that the project will serve a food desert community that could benefit from a CED-HFFI funded project?

8. Bonus Points – Elimination of a Food Desert • Points Available: • Scoring Guidelines: • 0 points = Application demonstrates that the project will not serve a food desert community • 5 points = Application demonstrates that the project may serve food a desert community • 10 points = Application demonstrates that the project will serve food a desert community

9. CED Application Reviewer Training 7.2: Collaborating with Other HFFI Agencies and Programs

10. Bonus Points – Collaborating with Other HFFI Agencies and Programs • Basis for scoring: The extent to which the application demonstrates evidence that the proposed healthy food access project is either: benefitting directly from funding focused on healthy food access from specified Federal programs; or collaborating with a project that is benefitting directly from funding focused on healthy food access from specified Federal programs. • 5 points possible • Discussed on p. 45 – 46 of FOA

11. Bonus Points – Collaborating with Other HFFI Agencies and Programs

12. Bonus Points – Collaborating with Other HFFI Agencies and Programs

13. Bonus Points – Collaborating with Other HFFI Agencies and Programs

14. Bonus Points – Collaborating with Other HFFI Agencies and Programs • Narrative question: Does the application show that the project benefits directly from or is collaborating with other HFFI programs or other federal programs listed in the FOA?

15. Bonus Points – Collaborating with Other HFFI Agencies and Programs • Points Available: • Scoring Guidelines: • 0 points = The proposed project does not directly benefit from or involve collaboration with other HFFI funding streams • 5 points = The proposed project will directly benefit from or involve collaboration with other HFFI funding streams or qualifying programs • Please note: The full range of points cannot be used to score this criterion.

16. CED Application Reviewer Training 7.3: States and Trust Territories Without Active Grants

17. Bonus Points – States and Trust Territories Without Active Grants • Basis for scoring: Whether the proposed project will be located in one of the States or Trust Territories that do not have active CED projects. • 5 points possible • Discussed on p. 46 of FOA

18. Bonus Points – States and Trust Territories Without Active Grants

19. Bonus Points – States and Trust Territories Without Active Grants

20. Bonus Points – States and Trust Territories Without Active Grants • Narrative question: Does the application show that the project will be in one of the locations without any active CED grants?

21. Bonus Points – States and Trust Territories Without Active Grants • Points Available: • Scoring Guidelines: • 0 points = Proposed project will not be located in a state or territory without an active grant • 5 points = Proposed project will be located in a state or territory without an active grant • Please note: The full range of points cannot be used to score this criterion.

22. Module 7 Wrap-up • What you’ve learned… • The basis for scoring the Bonus Points criteria • Guidance on evaluating each Bonus Points criterion • Direction on how to score these criteria • What’s next? • Self-review quiz for Module 7

23. Self-Review Quiz • A project proposing to collaborate with which of the following programs would not be eligible for HFFI collaboration bonus points? • New Markets Tax Credit program • Business and Industry Loan Guarantee program • Assets for Independence program • Rural Business Opportunities Grant program

24. Self-Review Quiz • A project proposing to collaborate with which of the following programs would not be eligible for HFFI collaboration bonus points? • New Markets Tax Credit program • Business and Industry Loan Guarantee program • Assets for Independence program • Rural Business Opportunities Grant program

25. Self-Review Quiz • Which of the following can be provided to illustrate that the community served by the proposed project is in a food desert? • Lack of access to healthy food options • Patterns of non-healthy food consumption • Poor health of community residents • All of the above

26. Self-Review Quiz • Which of the following can be provided to illustrate that the community served by the proposed project is in a food desert? • Lack of access to healthy food options • Patterns of non-healthy food consumption • Poor health of community residents • All of the above

27. Congratulations! • You have successfully completed the CED application reviewer training modules! • We thank you for your time and energy and look forward to working with you throughout the review.