Methods of Accountability Reference Sheet

The following questions about board member accountability must be answered in AMIS. Please provide the responses in column I of the Board Analysis Worksheet for each type of accountability for each board member.

More information on the method of accountability options for OTP (i.e. OTP-AA.1: Self Report, etc.) can be found in the CDFI Fund's Pre-Approved Target Market Assessment Methodologies document.

LOW-INCOME TARGETED POPULATION

Low-Income Individual

  1. Applicant attests that the board member is Low-Income (Yes/No)

Staff member of a non-Affiliated, third-party, community development mission-driven organization that primarily provides services to Low-Income people.

Provide the following information in text form:

  1. Name of non-Affiliated third party entity

  2. Mission statement of non-Affiliated third party entity

  3. Description of how the board member’s place of employment allows them to primarily serve Low-Income people

INVESTMENT AREA - PREQUALIFED AND CUSTOMIZED

Primary residence in a qualified census tract in the Investment Area geography

  1. Provide the FIPS code for the census tract in which the board member resides

Staff member of a non-Affiliated third party, community development mission-driven entity that primarily serves residents of a qualified census tract(s) in the IA geography

Provide the following information in text form:

  1. Name of non-Affiliated third party entity

  2. Mission statement of non-Affiliated third party entity

  3. Description of how the board member's employment allows them to primarily serve residents of qualified census tract(s) in the IA geography

Owner of a small business primarily located in a qualified census tract

Answer the following questions:

  1. Percentage of the small business owned by the board member

  2. Legal name of the small business owned by the board member (from the business organizing documents or used in tax forms)

  3. Are at least 51% of all the locations for the owned small business in a qualified census tract(s) in the Investment Area geography? (Yes/No)

    (If no, owner of small business primarily located in a qualified census tract(s) in the IA geography cannot be used.)

  4. If yes, map in CIMS that identifies the census tract for each of location of the owned small business and provide the Map Name in text form

Owner of a small business that principally provides goods or services to residents of a qualified census tract

Answer the following questions:

  1. Percentage of the small business owned by the board member

  2. Legal name of the small business owned by the board member (from the business organizing documents or used in tax forms)

  3. Create a map(s) in CIMS of the overall geography(ies) served by the owned small business and provide the Map Name in text form

  4. Description of how the small business demonstrates that it principally provides good or services to residents of a qualified census tract(s) in the Investment Area geography

Owner of a small business that principally employs residents of a qualified census tract in the IA geography

Answer the following questions:

  1. Percentage of the small business owned by the board member

  2. Legal name of the small business owned by the board member (from the business organizing documents or used in tax forms)

  3. Description of how the small business demonstrates that it principally employs residents of a qualified census tract(s) in the Investment Area geography

Elected official that primarily represents residents of a qualified census tract(s) in the IA geography

  1. Create a map(s) in CIMS of the of the geography served by the elected official and provide the Map Name in text form

Enrollment in a Federally recognized tribe (for Applicants serving IA(s) in a Native Community geography(ies) only)

  1. Name of the Federally recognized tribe

OTHER TARGETED POPULATION - AFRICAN AMERICAN, HISPANIC, PACIFIC ISLANDER, FILIPINO, AND/OR VIETNAMESE

Member of the OTP

  1. Choose the appropriate Self-Report verification method (OTP-AA.1: Self Report, OTP-Hispanic.1: Self Report, OTP-Pacific Islander.1: Self Report, OTP-Filipino.1: Self Report, OTP-Vietnamese.1: Self Report

OTHER TARGETED POPULATION - NATIVE AMERICAN, NATIVE ALASKAN, OR NATIVE HAWAIIAN

Member of the OTP

  1. Choose between the following dropdowns:

  • OTP-Native American.1: Self Report/OTP-Native Alaskan.1: Self Report/OTP-Native Hawaiian.1: Self Report

  • OTP-Native American. 2: Tribal Identification Verification/OTP-Native Alaskan. 2: Tribal Identification Verification/OTP-Native Hawaiian.2: Origins Identification Verification

OTHER TARGETED POPULATION - PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

Member of the OTP

  1. Choose between the following dropdowns:

  • • OTP-PWD.1: Self-Report

    • OTP-PWD.2: Visual & ID

    • OTP-PWD.3: Technology/Accessibility (dropdown choice)

Staff member of non-Affiliated third party, community development mission-driven entity that primarily serves people with disabilities in the U.S. or its territories

Provide the following information in text form:

  • Name of non-Affiliated third party entity

  • Mission statement of non-Affiliated third party entity

  • Description of how the board member’s place of employment allows him/her to primarily serve people with disabilities

Family member of a person with a disability that lives/is employed in the U.S. or its territories

Relationship of the board member to the person with a disability. Choose from the following dropdowns:

  • Spouse

  • Parent

  • Child

  • Sibling

  • Aunt or Uncle

  • Grandparent

  • Stepparent

  • Stepchild

  • Stepsibling

  • In-law Parent

  • In-law Sibling

OTHER TARGETED POPULATION - CERTIFIED CDFI

Staff member of a certified CDFI

  1. Provide the name of the certified CDFI