Application Tips
Each question will be analyzed as part of the EASSI application review process. Here is a link to the list of questions in the online application. Below are some tips when completing your application:
- Answer each question in the application form fully and honestly
- Provide examples and sufficient details to support your answer
- Show a connection between your organization’s core mission with EASSI’s mission
- For businesses, show a connection how you are meeting a need that is not being filled in your neighborhood/community
- Organizations should demonstrate their capacity to:
- Cooperate with The City and its partners
- Embrace and exemplify EASSI’s mission, or commit to actions that align with EASSI’s mission
EASSI APPLICATION REVIEW CRITERIA
The following 5 core criteria are used to evaluate and select organizations for the EASSI:
- Alignment with program’s mission
- Demonstrated need and project readiness
- Diversity in the type of organization and its services
- Diversity in its geographic location and the residents it serves
- Location in an underserved/underinvested/high vulnerability area
ADDITIONAL APPLICATION CRITERIA FOR RETURNING ORGANIZATIONS
Returning organizations will submit project idea(s) and quotes. Projects will be approved based on the following criteria:
- Project readiness
- Alignment with EASSI’s mission
- Potential to reduce energy consumption and emissions
- First come first serve basis
- Available funding
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