[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR594.17]

[Page 293]
 
                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
  CHAPTER V--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING AND 
        DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 594_JOHN HEINZ NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart C_Funding Allocation and Criteria
 
Sec. 594.17  General criteria for competitive selection.

    (a) Criteria. HUD will use the following general criteria for 
selecting and ranking applications for all competitions for John Heinz 
Neighborhood Development Program funds. The relative values for the 
criteria will be indicated in each NOFA:
    (1) The degree of economic distress and the benefit to low- and 
moderate-income residents of the neighborhood;
    (2) The past performance in carrying out eligible activities, and 
staff capability;
    (3) The quality of the Management/Business Plan;
    (4) The evidence of coordination and resident participation; and
    (5) The quality of the strategy to increase the capacity of the 
organization and the strategy developed for meeting long-term financial 
needs.
    (b) Geographic diversity. The Department also reserves the right to 
fund applicants in other than rank order, for the purpose of achieving 
geographic balance.