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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="5-1104" title_number="5" title_name="Children" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Community Grant Program">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In reviewing and ranking proposals, the selection committees established under §§ 5–1102 and 5–1103 of this subtitle shall place additional value on proposals that are designed to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>reach the largest possible number of parents, children, and youth in a community;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>involve local government officials and other community leaders; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>be supplemented by local or private funding.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The selection committees shall attempt to achieve a broad geographic distribution of funding, to the extent that a proposal has merit, in their recommendations to the Governor.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Based solely on the recommendations of the selection committees, the Governor shall award grants, not to exceed $10,000 each, to further the purposes of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>All grant awards under this subtitle shall be identified and briefly described in annual reports developed by the Department of Human Services for grants awarded under § 5–1102 of this subtitle and by the Maryland Department of Health for grants awarded under § 5–1103 of this subtitle. These reports shall be presented to the Governor and, subject to § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, to the General Assembly.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>In conjunction with the grant programs established under this subtitle, each year the Governor shall proclaim a Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention Awareness Week and a Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Week to focus public attention on these problems.</text>
  </level>
</section>
