1. (1) to encourage and assist eligible foreign-born residents to become naturalized citizens of the United States and active participants in the civic life of Maryland;
2. (2) to increase the number and proportion of eligible foreign-born residents who become citizens of the United States; and
3. (3) to encourage foreign-born residents who become citizens to be involved in our democratic institutions.

The purposes of the Program are:

Added by Acts 2007, c. 3, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2007.