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<section article="gec" article_name="Economic Development" number="5-344" title_number="5" title_name="Economic Development and Financial Assistance Programs" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Maryland Economic Development Assistance Authority and Fund">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An applicant for a child care special loan shall submit to the Department an application that contains the information that the Department requires.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The application shall include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a detailed description of the proposed or existing child care facility;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>an itemization of known and estimated costs;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the total amount of money required to expand or improve child care services at the child care facility;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the money available to the applicant without a child care special loan from the Department;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>the amount of money sought from the Department;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>evidence of the inability of the applicant to obtain the financing necessary for the child care facility on affordable terms through normal lending channels;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>information that relates to the financial status of the applicant, including, if applicable:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a current balance sheet;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a profit and loss statement; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>credit references; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>a lease, option to buy, deed, or evidence that the applicant is legally entitled to remain at the child care facility for at least the term of the loan.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The applicant for a child care special loan shall agree to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>operate the child care facility for at least the term of the child care special loan; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>repay the outstanding child care special loan in full on the loss of license, termination of lease, or transfer, sale, or refinancing of the child care facility, as applicable, before the end of the term of the child care special loan.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
