OAR 407-100-0050: Technical Review Process

(1) Applications will be scored on objective criterion and subjective essay questions, which will be combined to calculate a combined total score. The applications combined total score will be used to inform funding decisions. (2) Objective score rubric: The objective score will be based upon the physical address submitted in the application. That score will be derived from that physical address’ location within the Center for Disease Control (CDC) Social Vulnerability Index Map (SVI), and the Environmental Protection Agencies’ (EPA) Environmental Justice (EJ) Screen map. Based on the CDC’s SVI map, an application will receive a score commensurate with that location’s SVI rating; if a location has the highest SVI rating, then that application will receive the highest score in that category. (3) Subjective essay scoring rubric: Applicants will be required to answer the short-answer essay questions. A review panel will read the applicants’ essays and apply scores to each answer based on the subjective essay scoring rubric. The total of the essays’ scores will be added to the total objective score to produce an application’s final total score.