0:36
Alison Miller
30:36 - 31:13
"following that individual project-level evaluation, the department leadership will complete a portfolio-level review, which is where we're sort of checking for that, that broader, more sort of puzzle aspect to the applications, making sure that all of the projects fit together, that there is even distribution across the state, that we're meeting the biggest needs and serving all populations as much as we can."
“following that individual project-level evaluation, the department leadership will complete a portfolio-level review, which is where we're sort of checking for that, that broader, more sort of puzzle aspect to the applications, making sure that all of the projects fit together, that there is even distribution across the state, that we're meeting the biggest needs and serving all populations as much as we can.”
- Speaker
- Alison Miller
- Timestamp
- 30:36 – 31:13
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- July 1, 2026
From the transcript
Review, but also a tool—. Excuse me—. A tool for applicants. They had access to it during the application preparation process so that they could see what, what we were going to focus on during the review process. And then following that individual project-level evaluation, the department leadership will complete a portfolio-level review, which is where we're sort of checking for that, that broader, more sort of puzzle aspect to the applications, making sure that all of the projects fit together, that there is even distribution across the state, that we're meeting the biggest needs and serving all populations as much as we can.
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