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Source Water Protection: Plan Implementation Grant Application - EH: Minnesota Depar... Page 5 of 8 Scoring Grant Applications The MDH uses the following methodology to score a SWP implementation grant application: A SWP plan implementation grant application must have a minimum score of 5 points in order to be awarded. MDH determines the priority of each SWP measure that is included in a grant application using an internal grant application review criteria. Grant requests that achieve the minimum score to quality will be placed on a waiting list and funding will be awarded based upon: Date placed on the list Health Equity criteria (see below) Availability of grant funds All awarded grant applicants that meet the health equity criteria shall be given priority for a grant. Health Equity The vision of MDH for health equity in Minnesota is where all communities are thriving and all people have what they need to be healthy. One determinant of community health is available financial resources. The SWP Grant program will use Median Household Income (MHI), aggregated by city or township, to assess financial need. PWS operating at or below the MHI threshold shall be considered to meet the health equity criteria. The SWP grant program will use the United States Census Bureau (https://www.census.gov/en.html) , American Community Survey 2014-2018 MHI economic characteristics for cities and townships. Two MHI thresholds will be used; Metropolitan and Non -metropolitan, to receive funding priority independent of sequencing based on the application received date. 1. Cities or townships located in the 14 County Metropolitan Area with MHI at or below $77,026. For the purposes of this MDH SWP Notification of Grant Availability, the 14 county Twin Cities Metropolitan counties are: Chisago, Isanti, Sherburne, Wright, Ramsey, Hennepin, Carver, Anoka, Washington, Dakota, Le Sueur, Mille Lacs, Sibley, and Scott. 2. Cities or townships located in non -metropolitan counties with MHI incomes at or below $57,548. Nonmetropolitan counties are the other 73 Minnesota counties not listed above. Examples: 1. City or township MHI would be used for PWS located within that city or township. If the city MHI is less than or equal to the metropolitan or non -metropolitan MHI (dependent upon location as noted above), they would be eligible for a health equity priority. 2. For rural water systems, a weighted average of the population and MHI of each city served by the water system will be used. 3. State or federally owned PWS are not eligible for health equity priority. 5 points are assigned to a high priority SWP measure High priority is assigned to a SWP measure that does any of the following: https://www.health. state.mn.us/communities/environment/water/swp/implementation.html 8/18/2020