(a)The Department shall manage the Program.
(b)Each administering agency shall:
(1)provide emergency food providers with information about the Program, including Program guidelines and fund availability;
(2)accept and process requests for funding assistance from emergency food providers; and
(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.
(c)An emergency food provider that receives a Program grant shall:
(1)use the grant to purchase food for distribution to needy individuals;
(2)as a condition of distributing food, provide to needy individuals information, developed in collaboration with the D
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(a) The Department shall manage the Program.
(b) Each administering agency shall:
(1) provide emergency food providers with information about the Program, including Program guidelines and fund availability;
(2) accept and process requests for funding assistance from emergency food providers; and
(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.
(c) An emergency food provider that receives a Program grant shall:
(1) use the grant to purchase food for distribution to needy individuals;
(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) distribute information on the State’s earned income tax credit established under § 10-704 of the Tax - General Article; and
(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.