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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="4-146" title_number="4" title_name="Local School Administration" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="County Boards of Education">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies only in Prince George’s County.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Family child care provider” has the meaning stated in § 9.5–301 of this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Program” means the Prince George’s County Family Child Care Home Expansion Grant Program.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>There is a Prince George’s County Family Child Care Home Expansion Grant Program.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The purpose of the Program is to increase the number of registered family child care providers, registered family child care homes, and registered large family child care homes in low–income communities in Prince George’s County.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Prince George’s County public school system shall administer the Program.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>To carry out the Program, the local school system shall award grants to nonprofit organizations in the county to provide training and financial assistance to individuals intending to become family child care providers that operate family child care homes and large family child care homes in low–income communities.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>To be eligible for a grant under this section, an applicant shall demonstrate in an application process developed by the local school system that the applicant:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Is a nonprofit organization with experience in providing child care support services to individuals, which includes offering training and technical assistance to become a registered family child care provider; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Will provide child care support services to individuals who:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Intend on becoming registered family child care providers that will operate registered family child care homes or registered large family child care homes;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Live in a low–income community in the county, as determined by the local school system;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Have a gross household income that does not exceed 50% of the statewide median income for a household of like size; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>Own or rent as their primary residence the dwelling that will be used as the family child care home or large family child care home.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A grant awarded under this section may be used to offer services to individuals described under subsection (d)(2)(ii) of this section by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Providing multilingual outreach and translation services to recruit and train individuals to become registered family child care providers;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Providing technical assistance and start–up assistance for recruited individuals as they navigate the Department’s process to become a registered family child care provider, which includes assistance in meeting building code requirements and inspection expenses to establish registered family child care homes and registered large family child care homes;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Assisting newly registered and established family child care providers through technical assistance to achieve quality benchmarks; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Assisting individuals with obtaining background checks to become registered family child care providers.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
