WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 672

(ii) To provide grants for operating innovative
support programs for parents, families, and abused or neglected
children.

(2)  Grants made under this section may be made to
public and private community based organizations and agencies in
local political subdivisions.

(3)  The Director of the Office for Children and Youth
shall establish a panel to review grant applications under this
section and make recommendations for final selections.

[(e)] (F) (1) The funds of the Children's Trust Fund shall
supplement and may not be a substitute for any funds in the State
budget for enforcement of the child abuse and neglect laws,
services for child protective services, or child abuse and
neglect prevention, treatment, or education programs.

(2)  The Director of the Office for Children and Youth
may use funds within the Children's Trust Fund to assist in
administering the Fund.

(3)  In any fiscal year, such administrative costs
paid for from the Fund may not exceed 5 percent or $25,000,
whichever is less, of the moneys available for distribution from
the Fund during that fiscal year.

[(f)] (G) Each year the Office for Children and Youth shall
report to the Governor and, subject to § 2-1312 of the State
Government Article, to the General Assembly on the use of funds
disbursed from the Children's Trust Fund.

[(g)] (H) Any unexpended funds in the Children's Trust Fund
remaining at the end of a fiscal year may not revert to the
General Fund of the State.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1989.

Approved May 25, 1989.

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