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# ADR Template

* **Status:** {Active | deprecation reason, e.g. "Superseded By `[xxx](decisions/yyyymmdd-xxx.md)`"}
* **Last Modified:** {YYYY-MM-DD when the decision was last updated}
* **Related Issue:** \[#{issue number}]\(<https://github.com/HHS/simpler-grants-gov/issues/{issue> number})
* **Deciders:** {list everyone involved in the decision}
* **Tags:** {space and/or comma separated list of tags}

## Context and Problem Statement

{Describe the context and problem statement, e.g., in free form using two to three sentences. You may want to articulate the problem in form of a question.}

## Decision Drivers

* {driver 1, e.g., a constraint, priority, condition, etc.}
* {driver 2, e.g., a constraint, priority, condition, etc.}
* ...

## Options Considered

* {option 1}
* {option 2}
* ...

## Decision Outcome

Chosen option: "{option 1}", because {justification. e.g., only option which meets a key decision driver | which satisfies x condition | ... }.

### Positive Consequences

* {e.g., improved performance on quality metric, new capability enabled, ...}
* ...

### Negative Consequences

* {e.g., decreased performance on quality metric, risk, follow-up decisions required, ...}
* ...

## Pros and Cons of the Options

### {option 1}

{example | description | pointer to more information | ...}

* **Pros**
  * Good, because {argument a}
  * Good, because {argument b}
  * ...
* **Cons**
  * Bad, because {argument c}
  * ...

### {option 2}

{example | description | pointer to more information | ...}

* **Pros**
  * Good, because {argument a}
  * Good, because {argument b}
  * ...
* **Cons**
  * Bad, because {argument c}
  * ...

## Links

* \[{Link name}]\(link to external resource)
* ...