WAC 246-560-050   Criteria for inviting applications.  (1) The project addresses at least one of the goals of the health systems resources program, as described in WAC 246-560-001.

     (2) The project addresses needed improvements in the delivery of basic health care services, including preventive services.

     (3) The project reflects a cooperative approach, which may involve several organizations, categories of health care providers, or communities.

     (4) The project can serve as a model for other communities.

     (5) The project reflects priorities established for a particular funding cycle as set forth in the application materials.

     (6) The project addresses access to basic health care services in an area where access is severely limited or inadequate; and

     (7) If recruitment and retention of providers is identified as an outcome the application demonstrates:

     (a) Recruitment and retention problems have been chronic; or

     (b) The community is in need of primary care practitioners; or

     (c) The community has unmet health care needs for specific target populations; and

     (d) There is a fifty percent local funding match.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 70.175.010 - [70.175.]090 and70.185.030 - [70.185.]080. 99-03-043, § 246-560-050, filed 1/14/99, effective 2/14/99. Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.175 RCW. 91-16-108 (Order 186), § 246-560-050, filed 8/7/91, effective 9/7/91.]