Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 38, September 21, 2024
Section 61.5 - Regional office review, rating and ranking of funding requests(a) Local government requests for grant funding received during the established open application period are preliminarily reviewed in the regional offices for completeness and eligibility. The Department may grant a grace period for applicants to complete funding requests that are found to be incomplete. Ineligible and late requests are disqualified for selection consideration and returned to the applicants.(b) Eligible requests are then initially rated in the regional offices based on the rating criteria and point system set forth in §§ 61.21-61.28. The regional office ratings are checked by central office staff for accuracy and to ensure consistency and uniformity of the ratings on a Statewide basis. The initial ratings of the regional offices are subject to adjustment to ensure this Statewide consistency and uniformity. Final ratings and total point scores are tabulated and ranked from high point score to low point score for each of the two categories of projects-development/rehabilitation and acquisition-identified in the funding conditions set forth in § 61.3(b)(1) (relating to Department allocation-funding plan conditions). This section cited in 17 Pa. Code § 61.10 (relating to special conditions).