Section 1807.800 - Evaluation and selection-generalEach Applicant will be evaluated and selected, at the sole discretion of the CDFI Fund, to receive a CMF Award based on a review process that will include a paper or electronic application, and may include an interview(s) and/or site visit(s), and that is intended to:
(a) Ensure that Applicants are evaluated on a merit basis and in a fair and consistent manner;(b) Ensure that each Recipient can successfully meet its leveraging goals and achieve Affordable Housing Activity and Economic Development Activity impacts;(c) Ensure that Recipients represent a geographically diverse group of Applicants serving Metropolitan Areas and Underserved Rural Areas across the United States that meet criteria of economic distress, which may include:(1) The percentage of Low-Income Families or the extent of poverty;(2) The rate of unemployment or underemployment;(3) The extent of disinvestment;(4) Economic Development Activities that target Extremely Low-Income, Very Low-Income, and Low-Income Families within the Recipient's Service Area; and(5) Any other criteria the CDFI Fund shall set forth in the applicable NOFA; and(d) Take into consideration other factors as set forth in the applicable NOFA.