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§ 6-412. Duties

MD Human Svs Code § 6-412 (2019) (N/A)
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(a)    The Department shall manage the Program.

(b)    Each administering agency shall:

(1)    provide emergency food providers with information about the Program, including Program guidelines and fund availability;

(2)    accept and process requests for funding assistance from emergency food providers; and

(3)    allocate funding to emergency food providers based on the procedures approved in the administering agency’s grant application under § 6-413 of this subtitle.

(c)    An emergency food provider that receives a Program grant shall:

(1)    use the grant to purchase food for distribution to needy individuals;

(2)    as a condition of distributing food, provide to needy individuals information, developed in collaboration with the Department, that encourages self-sufficiency consistent with the goals of the Family Investment Program established under Title 5, Subtitle 3 of this article;

(3)    distribute information on the State’s earned income tax credit established under § 10-704 of the Tax - General Article; and

(4)    submit a report to the Department and the administering agency detailing how the grant was used and how many units of service were provided.

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