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<section article="gec" article_name="Economic Development" number="5-343" title_number="5" title_name="Economic Development and Financial Assistance Programs" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Maryland Economic Development Assistance Authority and Fund">
  <text>In making child care special loans, the Department shall consider:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>community need;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>community income, with priority given to those communities with the lowest median family income;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>care for children with teenage parents in school or training;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>care for children with special needs; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <text>infant care.</text>
  </level>
</section>
