AdvantageSite
12 of 22 requirements are unverified — this profile is partial.
State: Alabama
Program status: active
Rigor tier: Comprehensive
State Site Certification Standards
Compare 51 state certification profiles, documented requirements, readiness rigor ratings and official sources.
Alabama certification standards
No statewide program
State: Alaska
Program status: none
Rigor tier: No program
Alaska certification standards
Arizona Commerce Authority Certified Sites Program
Program status is unclear or inactive — interpret rigor with caution. 22 of 22 requirements are unverified — this profile is partial. Current program status could not be confirmed and the state portal blocked automated verification; requirements queued for manual extraction.
State: Arizona
Program status: status_unclear
Rigor tier: Unrated
Arizona certification standards
No statewide program
State: Arkansas
Program status: none
Rigor tier: No program
Arkansas certification standards
No statewide program
State: California
Program status: none
Rigor tier: No program
California certification standards
No statewide program
State: Colorado
Program status: none
Rigor tier: No program
Colorado certification standards
No statewide program
State: Connecticut
Program status: none
Rigor tier: No program
Connecticut certification standards
No statewide program
State: Delaware
Program status: none
Rigor tier: No program
Delaware certification standards
No statewide program
State: District of Columbia
Program status: none
Rigor tier: No program
District of Columbia certification standards
No statewide program
State: Florida
Program status: none
Rigor tier: No program
Florida certification standards
GRAD (Georgia Ready for Accelerated Development)
Too few requirements are publicly documented to compute a reliable rigor score. Only a subset of GRAD's due-diligence requirements were verifiable from the public program page; the remainder are queued for manual extraction.
State: Georgia
Program status: active
Rigor tier: Unrated
Georgia certification standards
No statewide program
State: Hawaii
Program status: none
Rigor tier: No program
Hawaii certification standards
No statewide program
State: Idaho
Program status: none
Rigor tier: No program
Vetted Sites Program
Too few requirements are publicly documented to compute a reliable rigor score. Requirement checklist queued for manual extraction from program guidelines.
State: Illinois
Program status: active
Rigor tier: Unrated
Illinois certification standards
Indiana Site Certified
Tiered program: Silver is the entry tier; Gold and Prime add geotechnical, zoning, archaeological, utility-to-line and highway-proximity requirements. Statuses reflect the Silver baseline, with higher-tier items marked recommended.
State: Indiana
Program status: active
Rigor tier: Standard
Indiana certification standards
Iowa Certified Site Program
9 of 22 requirements are unverified — this profile is partial.
State: Iowa
Program status: active
Rigor tier: Comprehensive
Kansas Certified Sites Program
15 of 22 requirements are unverified — this profile is partial.
State: Kansas
Program status: active
Rigor tier: Comprehensive
Kansas certification standards
Build-Ready Sites
Program status is unclear or inactive — interpret rigor with caution. 22 of 22 requirements are unverified — this profile is partial. Current statewide program status is unclear; requirements queued for manual extraction.
State: Kentucky
Program status: status_unclear
Rigor tier: Unrated
Kentucky certification standards
LED Certified Sites Program
11 of 22 requirements are unverified — this profile is partial.
State: Louisiana
Program status: active
Rigor tier: Comprehensive
Louisiana certification standards
No statewide program
State: Maine
Program status: none
Rigor tier: No program
No statewide program
State: Maryland
Program status: none
Rigor tier: No program
Maryland certification standards
Site Readiness Program
Too few requirements are publicly documented to compute a reliable rigor score. Funding/readiness program supporting site preparation; it is not a certification with a published requirement checklist.
State: Massachusetts
Program status: active
Rigor tier: Unrated
Massachusetts certification standards
Strategic Site Readiness Program
Too few requirements are publicly documented to compute a reliable rigor score. Funding/readiness program supporting site preparation; it is not a certification with a published requirement checklist.
State: Michigan
Program status: active
Rigor tier: Unrated
Michigan certification standards
Shovel-Ready Site Certification
State: Minnesota
Program status: active
Rigor tier: Comprehensive
Minnesota certification standards
Site Development Grants
Too few requirements are publicly documented to compute a reliable rigor score. Funding program supporting site development investments; it is not a certification with a published requirement checklist.
State: Mississippi
Program status: active
Rigor tier: Unrated
Mississippi certification standards
Missouri Certified Sites
15 of 22 requirements are unverified — this profile is partial.
State: Missouri
Program status: active
Rigor tier: Comprehensive
Missouri certification standards
No statewide program
State: Montana
Program status: none
Rigor tier: No program
Montana certification standards
No statewide program
State: Nebraska
Program status: none
Rigor tier: No program
Nebraska certification standards
No statewide program
State: Nevada
Program status: none
Rigor tier: No program
Nevada certification standards
No statewide program
State: New Hampshire
Program status: none
Rigor tier: No program
New Hampshire certification standards
No statewide program
State: New Jersey
Program status: none
Rigor tier: No program
New Jersey certification standards
No statewide program
State: New Mexico
Program status: none
Rigor tier: No program
New Mexico certification standards
FAST NY Shovel-Ready Certification
11 of 22 requirements are unverified — this profile is partial. FAST NY is primarily a grant program; its Track A certification is a no-cost marketing designation establishing that major permitting issues are addressed. Pre-development studies are funded but not enumerated as a strict checklist, so most are marked recommended.
State: New York
Program status: active
Rigor tier: Basic
New York certification standards
North Carolina Certified Sites
15 of 22 requirements are unverified — this profile is partial.
State: North Carolina
Program status: active
Rigor tier: Comprehensive
North Carolina certification standards
No statewide program
State: North Dakota
Program status: none
Rigor tier: No program
North Dakota certification standards
SiteOhio
SiteOhio is documented as an all-encompassing technical audit; every utility must reach the site with confirmed capacity and all due-diligence studies are completed and independently reviewed.
State: Ohio
Program status: active
Rigor tier: Comprehensive
Oklahoma SITES Ready Program
Too few requirements are publicly documented to compute a reliable rigor score. The SITES Ready Program is a community readiness assessment and coaching program (delivered with a site-selection consultant); it does not publish a fixed certification requirement checklist.
State: Oklahoma
Program status: active
Rigor tier: Unrated
Oklahoma certification standards
Certified Shovel Ready Program
Too few requirements are publicly documented to compute a reliable rigor score. Requirement checklist queued for manual extraction from program guidelines.
State: Oregon
Program status: active
Rigor tier: Unrated
Oregon certification standards
PA SITES (Strategic Investments to Enhance Sites)
Too few requirements are publicly documented to compute a reliable rigor score. PA SITES is a grant and loan funding program for site planning and construction, not a certification with a published requirement checklist, so a comparable rigor score does not apply.
State: Pennsylvania
Program status: active
Rigor tier: Unrated
Pennsylvania certification standards
Site Readiness Program
Too few requirements are publicly documented to compute a reliable rigor score. Funding/readiness program supporting site preparation; it is not a certification with a published requirement checklist.
State: Rhode Island
Program status: active
Rigor tier: Unrated
Rhode Island certification standards
Palmetto Sites Program
Too few requirements are publicly documented to compute a reliable rigor score. The program describes 'no overly burdensome criteria' and a customized due-diligence review; it does not publish a fixed, itemized requirement checklist, so individual requirements are left unverified.
State: South Carolina
Program status: active
Rigor tier: Unrated
South Carolina certification standards
South Dakota Certified Site Program
16 of 22 requirements are unverified — this profile is partial.
State: South Dakota
Program status: active
Rigor tier: Comprehensive
South Dakota certification standards
Select Tennessee Certified Sites
13 of 22 requirements are unverified — this profile is partial.
State: Tennessee
Program status: active
Rigor tier: Comprehensive
Tennessee certification standards
No statewide program
State: Texas
Program status: none
Rigor tier: No program
No statewide program
State: Utah
Program status: none
Rigor tier: No program
No statewide program
State: Vermont
Program status: none
Rigor tier: No program
Vermont certification standards
Virginia Business Ready Sites Program
Too few requirements are publicly documented to compute a reliable rigor score. Tiered site-characterization program; the tier requirement checklist is queued for manual extraction.
State: Virginia
Program status: active
Rigor tier: Unrated
Virginia certification standards
No statewide program
State: Washington
Program status: none
Rigor tier: No program
Washington certification standards
Site Readiness Investments
Too few requirements are publicly documented to compute a reliable rigor score. Funding program supporting sites and buildings development; it is not a certification with a published requirement checklist.
State: West Virginia
Program status: active
Rigor tier: Unrated
West Virginia certification standards
Certified In Wisconsin
11 of 22 requirements are unverified — this profile is partial.
State: Wisconsin
Program status: active
Rigor tier: Comprehensive
Wisconsin certification standards
No statewide program
State: Wyoming
Program status: none
Rigor tier: No program