Maryland § 6-412

§ 6-412.

    (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.