Ch. 757

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Annotated Code of  Maryland

(1986 Replacement   Volume and 1988 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article 49D - Office for Children and Youth

Section 4A-1

Annotated Code of   Maryland

(1986 Replacement   Volume and 1988 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 49D - Office for Children and Youth

4A.

(a)  There is a Children's Trust Fund.

(b)   In addition to any federal funds or any funds provided
in the State budget, any grant or gift to the State to or for the
use of the Children's Trust Fund shall be credited to the
Children's Trust Fund to  be used for the purposes stated in this
section.

(c)  The Office for Children and Youth may expend a gift to
the State to or for the use of the Children's Trust Fund only in
the manner and for the purposes stated in this section.

(d)  (1) The Director of the Office for Children and Youth
shall use the funds within the Children's Trust Fund:

(i) To provide grants for developing,
assisting, implementing, or evaluating innovative child abuse and
neglect prevention, treatment, or education programs; and

(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 REFER GRANT APPLICATIONS UNDER THIS SECTION TO THE
CHILDREN'S TRUST FUND ADVISORY BOARD.

[(3)] (4) [The Director of the Office for Children
and Youth shall establish a panel to] THE CHILDREN'S TRUST FUND
ADVISORY BOARD SHALL review grant applications under this section

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