1. (1) comprehensive best practices for creating and operating a hub and spoke model, including:

   1. (i) how to create a hub;
   2. (ii) establishing the relationship between the Montgomery County Village Consortium as the hub and the villages as the spokes;
   3. (iii) establishing the responsibilities of the hub and the spokes;
   4. (iv) describing the population that will be served by a hub;
   5. (v) how to establish a board of directors;
   6. (vi) how to identify resources within each hub community, including time, skills, and capabilities;
   7. (vii) how to identify the capacity of each hub, including geographic and population capacity;
   8. (viii) describing which services can be provided;
   9. (ix) how to train volunteers;

   10. (x) how to address overlapping needs of multiple villages' unique senior communities, including:

       1. 1. support and social activities;
       2. 2. health and wellness; and
       3. 3. education; and

   11. (xi) how to work with villages, including:

       1. 1. how to increase village capacity;
       2. 2. how to recruit new villages; and
       3. 3. how to expand offerings of developing villages; and
2. (2) recommendations regarding how to support interested diverse and underserved communities with the development of villages.

On or before September 1, 2027, the Montgomery County Village Consortium shall report to the Department on the implementation of this subtitle, including:

Added by Acts 2024, c. 340, § 1, eff. July 1, 2024; Acts 2024, c. 341, § 1, eff. July 1, 2024.