The State Department of Mental Health shall, on the basis of applications submitted pursuant to a request for proposal, select recipients of primary intervention program grants based on the following criteria:

1. (a) Availability of professional and other program staff with related experience and interest in early intervention.
2. (b) Reasonable evidence of future stability of the program and its personnel.
3. (c) Representation of a wide range of economic, ethnic, and cultural populations.
4. (d) Demonstration of strong support by the teaching, pupil services, and administrative personnel at the school or preschool and by the local mental health program.
5. (e) Assurance that grants would supplement existing local resources.