Section 125.60  Project Evaluation Priorities

The following factors are used by the Department in evaluating and recommending project applications for funding assistance consideration (see Appendix A):

a)         The applicant must be a government agency or a registered tax exempt organization at the time of application;

b)         projects providing services to a currently unserved or underserved population of veterans;

c)         projects located in areas of high demand or readily accessible to major population centers;

d)         projects proposing innovative research or benefits;

e)         projects for which long-term operations and maintenance capability is clearly demonstrated by the local sponsor and the degree to which the applicant relies upon program grant funding;

f)         the applicant's record of providing benefits to veterans or the applicant's  record of providing services to non-veterans similar to the proposed services to be provided to veterans and the applicant's understanding of veterans' service and issues.

(Source:  Amended at 37 Ill. Reg. 12098, effective July 10, 2013)