{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-human-services-6-412","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Human Services § 6–412","heading":"","body":"(a) The Department shall manage the Program.\n(b) Each administering agency shall:\n(1) provide emergency food providers with information about the Program, including Program guidelines and fund availability;\n(2) accept and process requests for funding assistance from emergency food providers; and\n(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.\n(c) An emergency food provider that receives a Program grant shall:\n(1) use the grant to purchase food for distribution to needy individuals;\n(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;\n(3) distribute information on the State’s earned income tax credit established under § 10-704 of the Tax - General Article; and\n(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.","path":["Article - Human Services"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=ghu\u0026section=6-412","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:59:17Z","sha256":"f27d7c3ed0f782d54d783f0f1498d4757f45daac429559fc9eb57abd51c640c5","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-human-services-6-411","next":"us-md/md.-code-human-services-6-413"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}