PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 593

(c)     (1) Nonprofit organizations operating demonstration projects jointly, developed
with local departments of social services under this section shall seek, from institutions of
postsecondary education, volunteer assistance for tutoring and mentoring participants in the
demonstration project.

(2)    Institutions of postsecondary education shall cooperate with nonprofit
organizations seeking volunteers under paragraph (1) of this subsection.

(3)    Institutions of postsecondary education may provide school credits to
students who participate in demonstration projects under this section with satisfactory results.

(d)     (1) A cooperative living project shall provide for its participants:

(i) On-site child care;

(ii) Communal dining facilities;

(iii) Job readiness programs; and

(iv) Any other support services that may be necessary to move participants
toward economic self-sufficiency.

(2) A cooperative living project may provide for its participants:

(i) Living quarters;

(ii) Recreation programs; and

(iii) Individualized case management.

(3) Participants in the cooperative living project shall be chosen from volunteers
eligible for AFDC benefits.

(4) Participants in the cooperative living project shall enter into an agreement
with the nonprofit organization operating the cooperative living project to:

(i) Attend a minimum of one communal meal per day;

(ii) Share in responsibilities for meal preparation and the cleaning and
maintenance of the demonstration project facility;

(iii) While unemployed, assist in providing child care for children of
participants in the cooperative living project; and

(iv) Work towards economic self-sufficiency.

(e)     (1) If a demonstration project offers individualized case management, the
Department and the offerors shall develop mechanisms whereby:

(i) The Department issues temporary cash assistance, food stamps, and
medical assistance; and

(ii) The volunteers for the project transfer their temporary cash assistance
and food stamp benefits to the demonstration project.

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