Describe the IHFA’s ESG sub recipients are chosen through a competitive statewide process for application process. This process includes awarding the following elements: funds to state Funding availability announced in recipients and Idaho newspapers in each region how the state of the state soliciting project will make its applications from interested state allocation or local governments and available organizations. to units of In 2015, 25 applications were general local submitted for review by the government, Independent Review Panel and non-profit (IRP). Persons with experience in organizations, issues related to homelessness including were recruited to serve on the IRP. The reviewers are responsible community for rating applications using and criteria provided by IHFA. based Members of the IRP each organizations. proposal individually before (ESG only) meeting to reconcile and average all panelists’ scores. The resulting averaged score reflects the Panel’s collective determination of merit. All applications meeting a threshold score determined by a weighted average were
Describe the process for awarding funds to state recipients and how the state will make its allocation available to units of general local government, and non-profit organizations, including community and organizations. (ESG only) IHFA’s ESG sub recipients are chosen through a competitive statewide application process. This process includes the following elements: Funding availability announced in Idaho newspapers in each region of the state soliciting project applications from interested state or local governments and organizations. In 2015, 25 applications were submitted for review by the Independent Review Panel (IRP). Persons with experience in issues related to homelessness were recruited to serve on the IRP. The reviewers are responsible for rating applications using criteria provided by IHFA. Members of the IRP each proposal individually before meeting to reconcile and average all panelists’ scores. The resulting averaged score reflects the Panel’s collective determination of merit. All applications meeting a threshold score determined by a weighted average were based
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