606.20—How does the Secretary choose applications for funding?
        
        (b) 
         The Secretary informs applicants of the maximum possible score for each criterion in the application package or in a notice published in the Federal Register.
    
    
        
        (c) 
        
        (1) 
         The Secretary considers funding an application for a planning grant that meets the requirements under  § 606.21.
    
    
    
        
        (i) 
         Is submitted with a comprehensive development plan that satisfies all the elements required of such a plan under  § 606.8; and
    
    
        
        (ii) 
         In the case of an application for a cooperative arrangement grant, demonstrates that the grant will enable each eligible participant to meet the goals and objectives of its comprehensive development plan better and at a lower cost than if each eligible participant were funded individually.