Minnesota Administrative Rules

4700.2300 CRITERIA FOR AWARD OF FAMILY PLANNING SPECIAL PROJECT GRANTS.

Subpart 1.

Application criteria.

Applications which meet the requirements of law and parts 4700.1900 to 4700.2500 shall be deemed approvable applications and eligible for award according to the notice of availability and the following criteria.

Subp. 2.

[Repealed, 16 SR 170]

Subp. 3.

Quality and content.

Applications will be evaluated on the basis of:

A.

the extent the funds will be used to meet unmet needs in the geographic area as identified in the application;

B.

the extent the application proposes an identifiable expansion in the scope of the family planning service system in the geographic area to be served by the applicant;

C.

the extent the application proposes to coordinate family planning services with organizations, agencies, and individual providers in the geographic area to be served;

D.

the extent the application proposes to serve high risk persons;

E.

the extent the application proposes to maximize use of alternative sources of funding; and

F.

the extent the application proposes to provide family planning methods according to part 4700.2210, item D.

Subp. 4.

Agency.

When equivalent and competing applications are submitted for a geographic area, award priorities will be in accordance with the following:

A.

first priority will be given to community health boards; and

B.

second priority will be given to eligible nonprofit corporations.

Subp. 4a.

Priority.

Current recipients of family planning special project funds will not be accorded any priority over new applicants.

Subp. 5.

Review and comment by community health board.

Before submission to the commissioner, the applicant shall submit the proposal to the community health board responsible for the geographic area in which the applicant proposes to provide its services, for the community health board's review and comment. The community health board's comments shall address the application based on the criteria in subpart 3. Any comments of a community health board shall be submitted to the commissioner within 45 days of the date the proposal was received by the community health board.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 144.05; 144.12; 145.925

History:

L 1977 c 305 s 39; 12 SR 1562; L 1987 c 309 s 24; 16 SR 170

Published Electronically:

April 19, 2004