Social Innovation Fund Special Provisions. A. DEFINITIONS- For this Cooperative Agreement the following definitions apply:
1. Application means all information and materials (including all assurances and certifications, the proposed budget as approved by CNCS, or any information incorporated by reference) submitted by the Awardee in CNCS’s eGrants system in response to the Notice of Federal Funds Opportunity, including any amendments or modifications to the information and materials made in response to any CNCS request for clarification. Copies of the assurances and certifications agreed to in the eGrants system are included for reference as appendices to these Terms and Conditions.
2. Awardee means the direct recipient of this award under section 198k of the NCSA (42U.S.C. 12653k).
3. Competitive subgrant selection process means an open and merit-based process to select subgrantees carried out by an Awardee in compliance with section 198k(h)(1) of the NCSA (42 U.S.C. 12653K9J)(3)), and in a manner which:
a. Is open to all eligible nonprofit organizations (including nonprofit organizations previously funded or affiliated with the Awardee);
b. Provides sufficient public notice of the availability of SIF subgrants to eligible nonprofit community organizations within the specific local geographic areas and issue area(s) covered under this Cooperative Agreement;
c. Advises potential applicants of:
i. What organizations are eligible for funding;
ii. How to obtain and submit an application;
iii. The criteria (including appropriate subcriteria) that will be considered in reviewing applications; and
iv. Any relative percentages, weights, or other means used to distinguish among the criteria; and
d. Ensures that subgrant applications will be reviewed consistent with the established criteria and will be free from any actual conflicts of interest (or the reasonable perception of any such conflict).
4. Low-income community means either:
a. A population of individuals or households being served by a subgrantee on the basis of having a household income that is 20 percent or less of the applicable Federal poverty guideline, or
b. Either a population of individuals or households, or a specific local geographic area, with specific measurable indicators that correlate to low-income, such as, but not exclusive to, K-12 students qualifying for free- or reduced-lunch, long-term unemployment, risk of homelessness, low school achievement, persistent hunger, or serious mental illness. As specified in section 198K of the N...
Social Innovation Fund Special Provisions
