The Department may use money in the Fund to: provide financial assistance to eligible applicants; and pay expenses for administrative, actuarial, legal, and technical services for the Fund. The Department periodically shall review its portfolio in an effort to ensure: the equitable distribution among the counties of money from the Fund; adequate funding for Tier I county projects; and that no particular Tier I county benefits disproportionately from financial assistance to Tier I counties under this subtitle.