SAMHSA - Qualitative Assessment Definitions

Qualitative Assessment	Definition
Outstanding	All criteria are thoroughly addressed, strongly developed, and well-supported. Documentation and required information are specific and comprehensive. Application is extremely strong with insignificant weaknesses. Weaknesses identified will likely have no impact on the successful implementation of the proposed project.
Very Good	Criteria are thoroughly addressed with necessary detail and clearly supported. Documentation and required information are specific and feasible. Application is very strong with only some minor weaknesses. Weaknesses identified will likely have minor impact on the successful implementation of the proposed project.
Acceptable	Criteria are addressed, but do not contain necessary detail and/or support. Most documentation and required information are present and sufficient, although some are deficient or missing. Application has some strengths but with at least one major weakness. Weaknesses identified will likely have moderate impact on the successful implementation of proposed project.
Marginal	Some criteria are addressed, although when addressed, do not contain necessary detail and/or support. Some documentation and required information are missing or deficient. Application has a few strengths and a few major weaknesses. Weaknesses identified will like impact the successful implementation of the proposed project.
Unacceptable	Few, if any, criteria are addressed. Documentation and required information are missing. Application has very few strengths and numerous major weaknesses. Weaknesses identified will likely prevent the successful implementation of the proposed project.