Utah Balance of State Homeless Coordinating Council
Continuum of Care Grant
Priority Criteria - 2008

1.  Organizational Capacity – 100 points.	Total Possible Points	Total Points Received
a. Financial Audits          5 pts – If they have proof of an independent audit and          10 pts – Results of the “Letter to Management” or financial                 statements	15
b. Agency Stability, Completion of Similar Projects, Experience, and Staff Capacity	20
c. Consistency with Salt Lake County’s Organizational Mission and Goals	10
d. Realistic Budget and Correct Amounts          1.  Columns and budget amounts are added correctly          2.  Agency shows an overall budget that has shown a                                     decrease in  dollars per client and overall costs	10 5 Bonus Points
e. Ability to Raise or Meet Leveraging Requirements (For every       dollar Agency receives in funding, they have at least  $3 in       leveraging amounts)	15
f. Previous experience with large grants (comparable to the project request)	5
g. Correct completion of the Application and Forms; each time the application or forms required re-submission, 5 points will be deducted from total	25
TOTAL	100 (105)

2.  Meeting HUD Priorities and Criteria – 100 points	Total Points Possible	Total Points Received
a. Is the project serving the Chronically Homeless?	25
b. Is the project Permanent Housing?	25
c. Agency participation in HMIS, is a HMIS Project or provides       aggregate data to HMIS (DV Shelters)?	25
d. Housing over services (the % of HUD money going towards       housing costs versus services costs)          1. 100% to Housing          2. 80%-100% to Housing          3. 60%-80% to Housing          4. Below 60% to Housing Agency transfer 10% of supportive services dollars over to housing dollars or their program is 100% housing dollars	25 10 5 0 10 Bonus Points
e. Energy Star participation  (Just circle  yes or no)
TOTAL	100 (110)

3) Scope of Services
a. Do the services described adequately and appropriately meet the       anticipated service needs of the target population for the project.        Employment support is a service that should be included and will       be specifically assessed for all projects	25

ANSWER QUESTION 6 OR 7 DEPENDING ON WHETHER THIS PROJECT IS NEW OR RENEWAL

4. Renewal Applications - Annual Performance Report Data
a. Has the agency submitted their latest APR?	5
b. Do the project goals meet HUD’s priorities and criteria?	5
c. Does the project percentages meet or exceed HUD’s      percentages?	5
d. Does the data on the APR match the data in HMIS?	5
e. Does the agency’s logic model have achievable outcomes?	5
f. Does the agency use the self-sufficiency matrix?	5
TOTAL	30

Renewal Projects will be held to a higher point requirement since they have the opportunity for additional points.

5. New Applications - Data Submission
a. Does the Project meet the criteria for the Samaritan Bonus?	10
b. Do the project goals meet HUD’s priorities and criteria?	5
c. Does the Agency participate in HMIS?	5
e. Does the agency’s logic model have achievable outcomes?	5
f. Does the agency use the self-sufficiency matrix?	5
TOTAL	30

TOTAL

285/300

Agency has submitted: Copy of original grant application          ________    
                                             Copy of technical submission                ________
                                             Copy of latest APR                                   ________
                                             Financial Independent Audit or
                                             Financial Statements                               ________