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Note: Incomplete applications will be rejected. <br />Question Instructions <br />Applicant Information (page 1 of the application}: Please fill in all areas completely. The applicant is the <br />agency requesting funding. The contact name will be considered the leader of the project for the applicant <br />agency. The contact should also be the individual who will present the project and will be available for <br />questions from the COG. <br />Applicant Thresholds (pa1e 1 of the application): Your project must meet each of these requirements to <br />be considered. Please check each box and include the necessary documentation with your application. If <br />your project does not meet all of the listed requirements and/or your application does not include the <br />necessary documentation to support your claims, it will not be considered for funding. <br />Proiect Budget (page 2 of the application): The top line (Distressed County Funds Requested) is to list <br />how much funding you are asking the COG to consider awarding your project. <br />The following lines and are for other funding sources you have secured or for which you have applied. <br />Again, please be as accurate as possible and fill in the final column for each signifying the status of the <br />funding source (whether or not the funding has been secured). Make sure to include documentation that. <br />funds have been applied for and/or awarded (grant applications, award letters, legislative resolutions, etc.). <br />The "Project Total" line is for the total cost of the project the application represents. The sum of all the <br />funding sources lines should accurately add to the figure listed here. <br />Distressed County Fgnd Matching Ratio (page 2 of the application): This line is to snow what <br />percentage of-the total project budget the applicant is providing in local funding. For ins1ance, if the total <br />project budget is $100,000 and the application is for $50,000 with combined other funding sources of <br />another $50,000 and the local funding source component is $20,000, the Ratio would be 20%. <br />A simple equation to answer this question from the Project Budget is: <br />(Local Government+ Other (if a local funding source))/ Project Total= <br />Distressed County Fund Matching Ratio (converted to a percentage) <br />Proiect Narrative (sta.rts on page 3 of the application): Please answer each question and sub-question <br />completely. Incomplete applications will not be considered for funding. You may attach additional <br />information necessary to answer the questions as needed. <br />4