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<section article="gag" article_name="Agriculture" number="2-2004" title_number="2" title_name="Department of Agriculture" subtitle_number="20" subtitle_name="Urban Agriculture Grant Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A nonprofit organization or an institution of higher education is qualified to receive a grant in accordance with this subtitle if the Department determines:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>With respect to a nonprofit organization, that the nonprofit organization is incorporated or maintains its principal place of business in an urban area;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>That the entity works to increase the viability of urban farming and improve access to urban–grown foods; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>That the entity will provide direct training and ongoing technical assistance, in accordance with a program that is certified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture or the Department, to urban agricultural producers that receive a grant under this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An urban agricultural producer is qualified to receive a grant in accordance with this subtitle if the Department determines that the urban agricultural producer will complete a new farming training or continuing education program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Within 90 days after the end of a grant cycle, a qualified nonprofit organization that received a grant in accordance with this subtitle shall submit a report to the Department that includes the following information:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The names and locations of urban agricultural producers that received funds under the Program;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The dollar amount of funds awarded to each urban agricultural producer; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The impact of the Program on increasing the viability of urban farming and improving access to urban–grown foods.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
