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- Participation of the public,
private and nonprofit sectors and key constituencies to the maximum
extent possible;
- Recognition and involvement
of diverse segments and perspectives (ethnic, racial, socio-economic,
age, etc.) in community decision-making;
- Creative use and leveraging
of community resources;
- Significant and specific community
achievements;
- Projects that address the community’s
most important needs;
- Cooperation across jurisdictional
boundaries;
- Clear demonstration of project
results and impacts (dollars raised or lives impacted);
- Projects which have impacted
the community significantly within the last three years, and have
potential to continue improving the quality of life; and
- At least one project should
document ways in which the lives of children and youth have been
tangibly improved.
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