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Criteria – CLG Grant Funding
Federal Historic Preservation Funding
to Certified Local Governments in Wisconsin
Minimum Requirements
Proposals must meet all of the following requirements to be considered for funding.
☐ Applicant consulted with SHPO staff prior to submission of this application
☐ Letter of Intent was submitted by the deadline.
☐ Application was submitted by the deadline.
☐ CLG Annual Report was submitted by applicant in January for previous year.
☐ Applicant complies with all state and federal requirements of the CLG program.
☐ Applicant has no incomplete CLG subgrant projects in the past five years.
☐ For intensive surveys, applicant has reviewed proposed boundaries with SHPO staff.
☐ For historic district nominations, applicant has consulted with SHPO staff on current
eligibility of the district and has invited property owners to an informational meeting within
12 months of the application deadline to introduce the project and gauge support.
☐ To host CAMP, a complete proposal has been submitted that includes itemized budget,
plans for venue, food/refreshments, lodging, marketing, registration, and proposed
agenda.
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1.Project Type - Proposals may meet only ONE of the following – up to 30 points
A.Initial intensive survey of part or all of the community (30 pts)
B.Nomination of a historic district to the NRHP (25 pts)
C.Nomination of a historic district under a local historic preservation ordinance (25 pts)
D.Resurvey of an area that was surveyed more than 25 years ago (20 pts)
E.Archaeology Survey (literature search) of the whole community (15 pts)
F.Phase I Archaeological survey (on the ground) of any area in the community (15 pts)
G.Nomination of an individual municipally-owned property(ies) or archaeological site(s)
to the NRHP (15 pts)
H.Nomination of an individual municipally-owned property(ies) or archaeological site(s)
under a local historic preservation ordinance (15 pts)
I.Nomination of an individual privately-owned property(ies) or archaeological site(s) to
the NRHP site (10 pts)
J.Nomination of an individual privately-owned property(ies) or archaeological site(s)
under a local historic preservation ordinance (10 pts)
K.Public outreach and educational project (5 pts plus potential Bonus)
L.Design Guidelines or Historic Preservation Plans (5 pts plus potential Bonus)
☐Bonus – Applicable to Project Types I and J only if the community has recently
completed a survey or resurvey of its entire community and has made reasonable
efforts to nominate all properties and districts determined by the survey to be
potentially eligible. (20 pts)
M.Host a CAMP training workshop (prioritized in odd-numbered years) (100 pts)
A fully developed CAMP proposal will include the following:
1.itemized budget
2.venue selected for the event
3.plan for food and/or refreshments
4.lodging availability
5.marketing plan, in consultation with SHPO staff
6.registration strategy, in consultation with SHPO staff
7.proposed sessions and presenters, in consultation with NAPC and SHPO
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Items #2-6 do not apply to a CAMP proposal
2.Likelihood of successful and timely completion of project – up to 25 pts
A.Proposal includes clearly defined scope, tasks, and timeline (5 pts)
B.Proposed scope, tasks, and timeline are realistic and achievable (5 pts)
C.Previous grant-funded projects were completed successfully (5 pts)
D.Products and deliverables from previous projects were satisfactory (5 pts)
E.Project management team show the capability to successfully manage the project,
indicated by resumes, experience, and proposal narrative (5 pts)
3.Effectiveness of proposal in meeting local HP objectives – up to 25 points
A.Proposal would advance a clearly defined historic preservation goal in the
community (10 pts)
B.Proposal would encourage/enable protection of historic resources or economic
development opportunities (10 pts)
C.Proposal would advance history of racial, ethnic, sexual, or gender minority
communities who have been traditionally underrepresented (5 pts)
4.Applicant was not a recipient of a CLG Subgrant in the previous cycle – 5 points
5.CLG staff and Commission training – 5 points
A.Application identifies recent trainings, conferences, or online learning attended by
HP staff commissioners (5 pts.). e.g. Wisconsin Historic Preservation and Local
History Conference, WAHPC annual conference, CAMP, Commissioner training
module on wisconsinhistory.org., CLG training webinars, etc. (5 pts)
6.Quality of budget proposal – up to 10 points
A.Budget clearly details project’s scope and tasks (5 pts)
B.Proposal includes two itemized estimates from qualified historic preservation
consultants. If not, applicant explained deficiency (5 pts)