Strength of Strategic Design and Proposed Project Design. The likelihood of success will be determined by whether the particular project is designed, structured, and implemented in a way that will xxxxxx success. To this end, the panels will assess the thoroughness and comprehensiveness of the applicant’s project narrative for delivering the intervention. The project narrative must include a statement of the priority topic(s) to be addressed by the intervention, and the design must be appropriate to address the stated topic. The design must be based on relevant evidence and appear to have a high likelihood of success, and the funding level requested must be commensurate with the level of evidence. The model design must be feasible and appear likely to result in significant improvement upon existing service. The design must explain why the target population identified is appropriate and the evidence base for the chosen target population, as well as present a recruitment strategy the reviewers deem viable. Panels will also review any community engaged methods included in the project design to determine the level of inclusion of the people from the target communities in development, data collections, analysis, and dissemination of findings. The panelists will assess the applications with respect to both the thoroughness of the timeline and the extent to which the intervention is achievable, particularly the service delivery plan. To the extent the applicant intends to use partners to secure additional funding and has not already identified and received commitments from them, the panel will consider the experience of the primary applicant or other secured partners in raising funds for social service investments. The proposal must indicate the overall expected goals, as well as the magnitude and breadth of impact of the project on improving outcomes. The panelists will determine if the goals for improvement set forth in the proposal are credible given the description of the model. Panelists will also review the criteria used to determine the eligibility of an individual for participation in the project, including how the target population will be identified, how individuals will be referred to the project, and how they will be enrolled in it, including, as appropriate, information about the proposed inclusion of people of color and members of underserved communities. Applications will be assessed based on the soundness of the methodology for identifying the target population, the size of the relevant target population...
