8 CCR 1204-10-5 - An applicant may demonstrate improvement to access and lower prices for healthy foods in low-income and underserved areas of the state by:
5.1.
Demonstrating that the geographical area the applicant serves:
5.1.1. Has no access to a grocery store at
less than half-mile intervals in an urban area; or
5.1.2. Has no access to a grocery store at
less than 10 miles in a rural area and is within a United States census tract
whose poverty rate is 20 percent or greater; or
5.1.3. Is within a United States census tract
where the median family income is less than or equal to 80 percent of
Colorado's state-wide median family income; or
5.1.4. Is within a United States census tract
in a metropolitan area where the median family income is less than or equal to
80 percent of that metropolitan area's median family income.
5.2. Demonstrating whether the
applicant operates or serves areas located in a census tract adjacent to a
census tract meeting the above criteria with median family income less than or
equal to 120 percent of area median family income;
5.3. Demonstrating whether the applicant
operates or serves areas located in a Limited Supermarket Access
Area;
5.4. Demonstrating whether
the applicant operates or serves an area operated by a Tribal government or on
Tribal Lands;
5.5. Demonstrating
whether the applicant operates or serves a particular Qualified Census Tract;
or
5.6. Providing a narrative
explanation to establish any other factors that the applicant believes should
qualify as operating or serving in a low-income, low-access community,
including by use of locally aggregated data.
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5.1. Demonstrating that the geographical area the applicant serves:
5.1.1. Has no access to a grocery store at less than half-mile intervals in an urban area; or
5.1.2. Has no access to a grocery store at less than 10 miles in a rural area and is within a United States census tract whose poverty rate is 20 percent or greater; or
5.1.3. Is within a United States census tract where the median family income is less than or equal to 80 percent of Colorado's state-wide median family income; or
5.1.4. Is within a United States census tract in a metropolitan area where the median family income is less than or equal to 80 percent of that metropolitan area's median family income.
5.2. Demonstrating whether the applicant operates or serves areas located in a census tract adjacent to a census tract meeting the above criteria with median family income less than or equal to 120 percent of area median family income;
5.3. Demonstrating whether the applicant operates or serves areas located in a Limited Supermarket Access Area;
5.4. Demonstrating whether the applicant operates or serves an area operated by a Tribal government or on Tribal Lands;
5.5. Demonstrating whether the applicant operates or serves a particular Qualified Census Tract; or
5.6. Providing a narrative explanation to establish any other factors that the applicant believes should qualify as operating or serving in a low-income, low-access community, including by use of locally aggregated data.