[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 11]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1775.14]

[Page 996]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER XVII--RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1775--TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING GRANTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1775.14  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 resource 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 the 
Agency's Water and Waste Disposal program authorized in part 1780 of 
this chapter.
    (6) Applicants proposing to serve multi-state, regional, or 
nationwide areas.
    (7) Applicants whose timeframe for completion of the technical 
assistance and/or training grant project is 12 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.