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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 13 Children and Youth Fund.">
  <section prefix="§" num="13" heading="Children and Youth Fund.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Fund established; Scope.">
      <para num="(1)">There is a continuing, nonlapsing Baltimore City Children and Youth Fund, to be used exclusively for purposes of establishing new and augmenting existing programs for and services to the children and youth of this City.</para>
      <para num="(2)">These programs and services must be from among those designed to:<para num="(i)">ensure that Baltimore’s children and youth are healthy, are ready to learn and succeed in school, and live in stable, safe, and supportive families and communities;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">ensure that Baltimore City supports families as an important part of the City population and civic culture;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">focus on the prevention of problems and on supporting and enhancing the strengths of children, youth, and their families;</para>
        <para num="(iv)">complement the City’s community development efforts;</para>
        <para num="(v)">strengthen community-based networks of recreation and after-school services in all neighborhoods; and</para>
        <para num="(vi)">ensure that children and youth with the highest needs receive maximum benefit from the Fund.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(3)">The Fund shall be administered in accordance with the following standards:<para num="(i)">programs and services shall be provided and funds allocated based on best practices and successful and innovative models;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">to the maximum extent feasible, funds shall be allocated equitably among services for all age groups – from infancy to transitional-aged youth;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">programs and services shall be gender-responsive and culturally competent; and</para>
        <para num="(iv)">programs and services shall be designed to strengthen collaboration among service providers for children, youth, and their families, including collaboration among public agencies and non-profit organizations.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Limitations on use.">The Children and Youth Fund may not be used to substitute for or replace funding for children and youth programs or services provided in the Ordinance of Estimates for Fiscal Year 2017, except to the extent that federal, state, or private agency funds for those programs or services have since been discontinued.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Revenue sources.">The Children and Youth Fund shall comprise:<para num="(1)">a mandatory annual appropriation in the Ordinance of Estimates of an amount  equal to at least $0.03 on every $100 of assessed or assessable value of all property in the City of Baltimore (except property exempt by law); and</para>
      <para num="(2)">grants and donations made to the Fund.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Continuing nature of Fund.">Notwithstanding any other provision of this Charter, unspent portions of the Children and Youth Fund:<para num="(1)">remain in the Fund, to be used exclusively for its specified purposes;</para>
      <para num="(2)">do not revert to the general revenues of the City; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">their appropriations do not lapse.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Implementation.">By Ordinance, the Mayor and City Council shall provide for the oversight, governance, and administration of the Children and Youth Fund, including:<para num="(1)">methods and criteria for identifying specific program and services eligible for funding by the Fund;</para>
      <para num="(2)">methods and criteria for allocating available funds among eligible programs and services; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">the establishment of any other legislative or administrative rules, regulations, or standards, consistent with &lt;cite data-path="I|§13"&gt;this section&lt;/cite&gt;, governing the Fund, its operations, and programs and services funded by it.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Res. 16-026, ratified Nov. 8, 2016</annotation>
    <annotation type="Editor's Notes">For statutory requirements governing the proposal, adoption, and publication of administrative rules and regulations, see General Provisions Article, Title 4 {“Administrative Procedure Act – Regulations”}.</annotation>
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</baltimore-city-law>
