Section 11.5-104 – Grant Making Process
(a) The Department shall establish a grant making process that is inclusive of currently and formerly homeless youth from diverse geographic regions within the State. (b) The grant making process shall: (1) ensure that youth are involved in the planning and evaluation activities, including by providing opportunities for youth to participate in decision making; (2) adequately support youth participation […]
Section 11.5-105 – Types of Programs for Eligible Participants
Eligible recipients of grant funding are limited to the following types of programs: (1) street and community–based outreach and drop–in programs that: (i) locate, contact, and provide information, referrals, and supportive services; (ii) provide walk–in access to crisis intervention and ongoing supportive services that include one–to–one case management services on a self–referral basis; or (iii) help unaccompanied homeless youth […]
Section 11.5-106 – Performance Standards and Data Collection
(a) (1) The Department shall for all recipients of a grant: (i) establish performance standards; (ii) monitor performance; and (iii) require data collection and reporting. (2) The standards required by paragraph (1) of this subsection shall: (i) incorporate evidence–based practices and interventions; (ii) require grant recipients to demonstrate the capacity to competently serve groups overrepresented in the homeless youth population, including racial and […]
Section 11.5-107 – Youth Reach Maryland
(a) The Department shall serve as the lead State agency for Youth REACH Maryland. (b) (1) The Department shall work with Youth REACH Maryland to perform data collection and analysis in order to determine the number and character of unaccompanied homeless youth in each jurisdiction in the State. (2) The Department shall select and monitor a coordinating entity to […]
Section 10-205 – Solicitation of Money
The Board may solicit money for the Fund from any source.
Section 10-206 – Investment of Fund
Money in the Fund shall be invested in the same way as other State money.
Section 10-301 – Liberal Construction
This title shall be liberally construed to accomplish its purposes.
Section 10-102 – Trust Established
(a) There is a Maryland Affordable Housing Trust. (b) (1) The Trust is an instrumentality of the State and is a body corporate and politic. (2) The exercise by the Trust of its powers under this title is an essential public function. (c) The purpose of the Trust is to make affordable housing more available throughout the State. (d) The Department […]
Section 11-101 – “Fund” Defined
In this title, “Fund” means the Maryland State Appalachian Housing Fund.
Section 10-103 – Board Established
(a) There is a Board of Trustees of the Trust. (b) The Board shall control the Trust and exercise all of the corporate powers of the Trust.