§ 1942.464 - Priority.

(a) The preapplication and supporting information will be used to determine the applicant's priority for available funds for the Technical Assistance and Training Grant program. The following specific criteria will be considered in the competitive selection of Technical Assistance and Training Grant recipients:

(1) Applicant's demonstrated capability and past performance in providing technical assistance and/or training to rural associations.

(2) The extent to which the population of the associations served have low income.

(3) Applicant's financial and if applicable, in-kind resources that will maximize use of technical assistance and/or training funds for direct staffing of activities that are delivered to the associations.

(4) The extent to which the project will be cost effective, including but not limited to; the ratio of proposed personnel to the cost of the project, the cost per associations served by the project, and the expected benefits from the project.

(5) How well the proposal coincides with the objectives of FmHA or its successor agency under Public Law 103-354's Water and Waste Disposal program authorized in subparts A and H of part 1942 of this chapter.

(6) Applicants proposing to serve multi-state, regional, or nationwide areas.

(7) Applicants whose time frame for completion of the technical assistance and/or training grant project is twelve months or less.

(b) Preapplications received from local governmental-based, multi-jurisdictional organizations for the SWM grant program will be given priority within the available funds.