1. (a) The Department shall manage the Program.

2. (b) Each administering agency shall:

   1. (1) provide emergency food providers with information about the Program, including Program guidelines and fund availability;
   2. (2) accept and process requests for funding assistance from emergency food providers; and
   3. (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.

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

   1. (1) use the grant to purchase food for distribution to needy individuals;
   2. (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. (3) distribute information on the State's earned income tax credit established under § 10-704 of the Tax--General Article; and
   4. (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.

Added by Acts 2007, c. 3, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2007. Amended by Acts 2008, c. 116, § 2, eff. April 8, 2008.