[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR56.604]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 56--GRANTS FOR MIGRANT HEALTH SERVICES--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart F--Grants for Operating Migrant Health Programs
 
Sec. 56.604  Grant evaluation and award.

    (a) Within the limit of funds determined by the Secretary to be 
available the Secretary may award grants under this subpart to 
applicants therefor which will, in his judgment, provide needed health 
services in a catchment area which will not be served by another project 
funded under this part and meet the applicable requirements of section 
319(d)(1)(C) of the Act and this subpart, in accordance with priorities 
established pursuant to section 319(b) of the Act and Sec. 56.107 of 
subpart A of this part; Provided, That in the case of applicants which 
propose to serve substantially the same catchment areas or where 
available funds are insufficient to fund all approvable applications 
within a priority category specified in Sec. 56.107,
    (1) Priority shall be given to applications submitted by community-
based organizations which are representative of the population to be 
served by the project. For purposes of this paragraph, an applicant 
shall be deemed to be such an organization if it provides a formal 
mechanism (such as membership on the organization's governing body or 
membership on an advisory body) which gives migratory seasonal 
agricultural workers and their families significant involvement in the 
formulation of the organization's policies; and
    (2) Where all such applicants are community-based organizations 
representative of the population to be served by the project, the 
Secretary shall award the grant to the applicants which will, in his 
judgment, best promote the purposes of section 319(d)(1)(C) of the Act 
and the applicable regulations of this part, taking into account with 
respect to each application:
    (i) The degree to which the proposed project satisfactorily provides 
for the elements set forth in Sec. 56.203;
    (ii) The administrative and management capability of the applicant;
    (iii) The extent to which community resources will be utilized in 
the project; and
    (iv) The degree to which the applicant intends to integrate services 
supported by a grant under this part with health services provided under 
other

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federally assisted health services or reimbursement programs or 
projects.